Natividad González Parás
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José Natividad González Parás (b. March 30, 1949 in Monterrey) is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He is a former federal deputy and current governor of Nuevo León (2003–2009) He is also married to Cristina Maiz
González Parás is the son of José Natividad González González and María Cristina Parás Barocio and a direct descendant of José María Parás, governor of the state (1825–1827 and 1848–1850). He received a bachelor's degree in law from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, a master's degree in public administration from the French Public Administration International Institute (nowadays École nationale d'administration, 1973) and a doctorate in political sciences from the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne).
He joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1967 and has taught several courses at El Colegio de México, at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León. From 1985 until 1991 he served as the state secretary general of Nuevo León and for a few years he served as undersecretary of political development at the Mexican Secretariat of the Interior during the Ernesto Zedillo administration.
In 1997 he ran for governor and lost against Fernando Canales Clariond, a wealthy businessman of the conservative National Action Party. Six years later he reattempted it and won by a clear margin over his closest opponent, Mauricio Fernández Garza.
| Preceded by Fernando Elizondo Barragan |
Governor of Nuevo León 2003 – present |
Incumbent |
[edit] External link
- (Spanish) Government of Nuevo León: Curriculum vitae of the governor
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