Francisco Olvera Ruiz
José Francisco Olvera Ruiz (born June 15, 1956) is a Mexican politician and a member of Ins*utional Revolutionary Party. He was Municipal president (Mayor) of Pachuca and from April 1, 2011 to September 5, 2016 served as Governor of Hidalgo.
Contents
- 1 Biography
- 2 Political career
- 2.1 Municipal President of Pachuca
- 2.2 Governor Campaign
- 3 See also
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Biography
Francisco Olvera was born on June 15, 1956 in Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo, He completed his studies in laws in the Universidad Autónoma de Hidalgo (English: Autonomous University of Hidalgo). He has a master's degree in public administration from the Ins*uto Tecnológico de Monterrey and the Universidad del Valle de México.
He's married with María Guadalupe Romero Delgado, and has two children, Francisco and Jorge Olvera Romero.
Political career
He was Secretary of Government with the Governor Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong. He was Deputy of the Congress of Hidalgo from 2002 to 2005 for the I Distrito Electoral Local de Hidalgo (English: First local electoral district of Hidalgo); from 1999 to 2001 he served as legal coordinator; before, in 1995, he served as director of the general file of notaries in Hidalgo. He served for nine years as director of Cadastre in the en*y.
Municipal President of Pachuca
Francisco Olvera took office as municipal president (mayor) of Pachuca on January 18, 2009. As mayor, he was a founding partner of the *ociation of Municipalities of Hidalgo, *ociation that is affiliated with the national federation of Municipalities of Mexico.
On April 10, 2010; the Attorney General of the Republic (Spanish: Procuraduría General de la República) started a preliminary investigation against him, to receive (according to the denunciation) more than 30 million of pesos from narcotrafico, primarily of Los Zetas group; for his campaign for mayor of Pachuca. The next day, Olvera ruled out any connection with organized crime, and after several investigations, charges against him were dismissed.
Governor Campaign
Francisco Olvera leave as mayor to run for the candidacy of Ins*utional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to the government of Hidalgo. On April 7, 2010; he became the candidate of the coalition “Unidos por tí” (English: Together for you), composed by (PRI), PVEM and New Alliance parties.
He won in the elections of July 4, 2010. He was appointed elect-governor on July 11.
On July 2010, coalition "Hidalgo nos Une" formally filed a complain to the electoral process, which sought to void the elections.
After *yzing the evidence presented by the parties, the Court decided to annul the vote in 32 boxes, the final votes of the election were 876,165. Hidalgo nos Une with its candidate Xóchitl Gálvez has 394,049 votes and Unidos por tí with Olvera has 438,094 votes
See also
- State of Hidalgo
- List of Mexican state governors
- List of presidents of Pachuca Municipality
References
External links
- Gobierno del Estado de Hidalgo — Official website
- H. Ayuntamiento de Pachuca de Soto — Official website