Emilio González Márquez

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Emilio González Márquez
Emilio González Márquez

In office
March 1, 2007 – February 28, 2013
Preceded by Gerardo Octavio Solís Gómez

Born November 12, 1960 (1960-11-12) (age 47)
Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco
Political party National Action Party (PAN)
Spouse Imelda Guzmán
Profession Public Accountant
Religion Roman Catholic

Emilio González Márquez (b. November 12, 1960 in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco) is a Mexican politician affiliated to the National Action Party (PAN). He is the current Governor of Jalisco.

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[edit] Personal life and education

[edit] Political career

González was an active member of the Mexican Democratic Party (PDM) in his native Jalisco; he served as municipal president (mayor) of Lagos de Moreno representing the PDM (19801982). He resigned to the PDM in 1988.

In 1992 González joined the National Action Party (PAN) and secured a seat in the Chamber of Deputies via the proportional representation. From 1995 to 1997 he served as Regidor of the municipality of Guadalajara. In 1997 he was elected to serve in the LVII Legislature of the Mexican Congress. González presided over the PAN in the State of Jalisco from 1999 to 2002. In 2004 he was elected municipal president of Guadalajara; he left the position in 2005 seeking his party nomination for the governorship of Jalisco; he won his party's internal bid with 55.17% of the votes.

[edit] Controversy

He has recently been the target of criticism due to his known stance against condoms. His quote "El SIDA se da por la promiscuidad; no se da por no usar condones" ("AIDS is the result of promiscuity; not the result of not using condoms") has been harshly criticized by the media and other politicians.[1] Also, when some PAN State legislators were caught by a journalist outside a table dance club and the legislators immediately denied they were inside the club policemen helped them to go to their cars, the governor said, "Well, some people go to strip clubs and some of us read the Bible".

In 2008 he gave almost $120 millions of pesos to Televisa and TV Azteca for them to produce TV shows and soap operas; offered to MTV USD$2 million to produce a program in the State; he also gave away MXN$90 millions to the Catholic church in order to build a Sanctuary despite criticism from the people, included catholics, and media[2].

On April 24, 2008, during a dinner party at the Expo-Guadalajara, he gave another MXN$15 million to the Catholic church, represented by cardinal Juan Sandoval Iñiguez, Archbishop of Guadalajara. During his speech announcing the "donation", he stated: "Don Juan Sandoval, qué desmadre traemos. ¿Sí o no?, nos estamos haciendo famosos don Juan. Digan lo que quieran, perdón señor cardenal: ¡chinguen a su madre!" (Don Juan Sandoval, whatta mess we have. We are becoming famous, aren't we, Don Juan?. People can say whatever they want, excuse me Mr. Cardinal, they can all go to fuck themselves!).[3]

The following day, he excused himself for the words used during the dinner and he said that "mis comentarios fueron una expresión coloquial sin destinatario, por eso la disculpa también es así, abierta, sin destinatario, porque no llevaba intención de ofender" (My comments were a colloquial expression, to none in particular, that is why my apology is also this way, open, to everybody, because it had no intention to offend anybody).[4]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Promoverá el gobierno de Jalisco abstinencia y fidelidad sexuales
  2. ^ 341.2 millones de pesos en donaciones de Emilio González
  3. ^ "Chinguen a su madre": González Márquez a críticos de donativo a banco diocesano
  4. ^ Emilio ofreció disculpas a los jaliscienses por sus declaraciones; me equivoqué, dijo


Preceded by
Gerardo Octavio Solís Gómez
Governor of Jalisco
2007-present
Succeeded by
incumbent
Current Mexican State Governors

Aguascalientes: Luis Armando Reynoso
Baja California: José Guadalupe Osuna Millán
Baja California Sur: Narciso Agúndez Montaño
Campeche: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez
Chiapas: Juan Sabines Guerrero
Chihuahua: José Reyes Baeza Terrazas
Coahuila: Humberto Moreira Valdés
Colima: Silverio Cavazos
Durango: Ismael Hernández
Guanajuato: Juan Manuel Oliva Ramírez

Guerrero: Carlos Zeferino Torreblanca
Hidalgo: Miguel Osorio Chong
Jalisco: Emilio González Márquez
State of México: Enrique Peña Nieto
Michoacán: Leonel Godoy Rangel
Morelos: Marco Antonio Adame Castillo
Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez
Nuevo León: Natividad González Parás
Oaxaca: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz
Puebla: Mario Plutarco Marín Torres
Querétaro: Francisco Garrido Patrón

Quintana Roo: Félix González Canto
San Luis Potosí: Jesús Marcelo de los Santos
Sinaloa: Jesús Aguilar Padilla
Sonora: Eduardo Bours
Tabasco: Andrés Rafael Granier Melo
Tamaulipas: Eugenio Hernández Flores
Tlaxcala: Héctor Ortiz Ortiz
Veracruz: Fidel Herrera Beltrán
Yucatán: Ivonne Ortega Pacheco
Zacatecas: Amalia García

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