| Gustavo Madero | |
|---|---|
| President of the National Action Party | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 28 August 2008 |
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| Preceded by | César Nava |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 December 1955 Chihuahua, Chih. |
| Political party | National Action Party |
| Alma mater | Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente |
| Profession | Businessman |
Gustavo Enrique Madero Muñoz (born Chihuahua, Chih., 16 December 1955) is a Mexican politician and businessman, great-nephew of the president Francisco I. Madero. He is the President of the National Action Party (PAN). Until 10 June 2008 he was the leader of the PAN delegation in the Senate[1] and he was, from 28 August 2008 to 4th December 2010, the President of the Senate.
Gustavo Madero has a bachelor's degree in communication science from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO) He has pursued business interests for most of his life and was at one point Vice President of the COPARMEX in Chihuahua.
Madero served as Director General of Planning and Evaluation under Governor of Chihuahua Francisco Barrio. In 2001, he became actively involved in politics when he stood (unsuccessfully) as the PAN's candidate for mayor of Chihuahua. In 2003 he was elected to the federal Chamber of Deputies for the Sixth Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua, after narrowly beating his opponent, Pedro Domínguez Alarcón of the PRI, by 48,683 votes to 48,229.[2] As a deputy during the following 59th Congress, he chaired the Chamber's Treasury and Public Credit Committee, where he worked hard to have value-added tax applied to medicines and foodstuffs, an (unsuccessful) policy initiative of the Fox administration.[3]
In the 2006 federal election, Gustavo Madero was elected to the Senate, representing Chihuahua for the PAN in conjunction with Ramón Galindo Noriega for the period 2006–12. He chaired the Senate Treasury and Public Credit Committee, and also served on the Trade and Industrial Development, Energy, and Foreign Relations (Asia Pacific) Committees.
On 9 June 2008, it was announced that Gustavo Madero would be replacing Santiago Creel(his cousin) as the coordinator of the PAN bloc in the Senate,[4] and this was confirmed on 10 June by PAN President Germán Martínez at a meeting of the party's National Executive Committee.[5]
On 28 August 2008, he was elected President of the Senate for the third year (2008–09) of the 60th Congress.[6]
In December, 2010, he has been elected President of the National Action Party (PAN).
Please see also Creel-Terrazas Family.
| Preceded by Santiago Creel |
President of the Senate 2008 |
Succeeded by incumbent |
| Preceded by Santiago Creel |
PAN Senate Coordinator 2008 to date |
Succeeded by incumbent |
| Preceded by Javier Corral Jurado |
Senator for Chihuahua first on list 2006 – 2012 |
Succeeded by incumbent |
| Preceded by Luis Villegas Montes |
Federal Deputy for Chihuahua's 6th District 2003 – 2006 |
Succeeded by Emilio Flores Domínguez |