Manuel Espino

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Manuel Espino Barrientos (b. November 29, 1959 in Durango, Durango) is the president of the right-of-center National Action Party (PAN) of Mexico. On November 11, 2006 he was elected president of the Christian Democratic Organization of America.

Espino obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of the Northwest (in Spanish: Universidad del Noroeste). He was a mass media editor and political commentator; Member of the Mexican Scouts Association; Charter member and Vice-president of the Foundation for the Cultural Diffusion of America's Half Millennium; Founder and leader of diverse sport, student, civic and service organizations.

He joined National Action Party in 1978 and has since occupied diverse positions within the party, among which are state president in Sonora, and Secretary General of the National Executive Committee from 2002 to 2004. Currently he is the party's national president. He coordinated tours for the Presidency of the Republic in 2001. He has been elected twice to the Congress of Mexico and he has held diverse positions at municipal and state level.