Ernesto de Lucas Hopkins

Ernesto "El Pato" de Lucas Hopkins (born 5 September 1976) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was federal deputy during the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress under the principle of relative majority for the III Federal Electoral District of Sonora. On 10 December 2012 he was appointed CEO of ProMéxico, the Federal Government body that coordinates strategies to strengthen Mexico's participation in the international economy; supports the export process of companies established in Mexico and coordinates actions aimed at attracting foreign investment.[1] On 20 April 2013 he was fired from this post, less than five months from taking over at this office, probably making him the first senior officer to be fired by President Enrique Peña Nieto.[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Lucas and the second or maternal family name is Hopkins.
Ernesto de Lucas Hopkins
Member of the Congress of Sonora
Plurinominal
Assumed office
1 September 2021
CEO of ProMéxico
In office
10 December 2012 – 20 April 2013
Federal Deputy Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
In office
1 September 2009 – 31 August 2012
Personal details
Born (1976-09-05) 5 September 1976
Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, Mexico
Political party PRI
Children3
Alma materNoroeste University

Education

He went to high school at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Campus Sonora Norte. He obtained his bachelor's degree in law from the Universidad del Noroeste, earning honorable mention. Subsequently, he obtained a grant to study an LLM in Law and Government at the Washington College of Law, in Washington, DC, USA, specializing in Finance. He also holds a diploma in Mexican constitutional law and completed a High Specialization Program (AD-2) at the Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresas (IPADE).

Since 2012, he has been President of the Magdalena de Kino baseball team, Membrilleros de Magdalena, which was founded in 1942 and recently won the final series of the Liga Norte de México.[3][4]

Political career

In 2002, he was the personal secretary to the Senator of the Republic and candidate for Governor for the Institutional Revolutionary Party in Sonora, Eduardo Bours Castelo. During Governor Bours's administration (13 September 2003 – 12 September 2009), he was Director General of Government (2003). Subsequently, only 27 years old, he was State Coordinator and later Secretary of Public Safety in the state of Sonora, in 2006 and 2008, respectively.[5] In 2008, when he has 29, he was unanimously elected President of the State Steering Committee of the Institutional Revolutionary Party in Sonora.[6] At the same age, he was elected by the Secretaries of Public Safety of the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Tamaulipas and Nuevo León as Chairman of the US-Mexico Binational Council on Border Security of the Governors' Conference. He would later launch his campaign for the III Federal Electoral District of Sonora, to recover it for the PRI after 18 years of being represented by the National Action Party. On 11 February 2012, he was invited and presented by then presidential candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party and the Green Ecologist Party, Enrique Peña Nieto, and his General Campaign Coordinator, Luis Videgaray Caso, to coordinate the permanent nationwide campaign for the 2012 presidential elections in México.[7] Similarly, on 4 September 2012 he was appointed Coordinator for Sports in the Transition process of President Elect of the United Mexican States, Enrique Peña Nieto.[6][8][9] During the campaign for Federal Deputy for the III Federal Electoral District of Sonora, he became the first candidate to have his nickname, "El Pato", appear on electoral ballots during the 2009 Federal Elections in Mexico.[10][11]

In 2021, he was designated by the PRI as its candidate to serve in the LXIII Legislature of the Congress of Sonora via proportional representation.[12]

Activism and compromise with Sonora

Childhood support and promotion of values: As part of his work as public servant, "El Pato" de Lucas has focused on promoting and transmitting the importance of values to children and young people in the state of Sonora. Some of the actions he has undertaken include management for rehabilitation of schools and public spaces,[13][14][15] scholarships for low-income children,[16] programs to create awareness on civil values and conducts, as well as campaigns to keep children and young people away from drugs.[17][18][19][20]

Electricity tariffs: Another issue for "El Pato" de Lucas has been to demand that Mexican federal authorities review and make fair adjustments to electricity tariffs in the northern part of Mexico. He has done this through several legislative[20][21] and citizens' actions.[21][22][23][24][25]

See also
  • III Distrito Electoral Federal de Sonora
  • ProMéxico

References
  1. "Presenta Economía nuevo gabinete ampliado – Grupo Milenio". milenio.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. Jonathán Torres (22 April 2013). "El 'primer caído' del sexenio". Forbes México (in Spanish).
  3. "Membrilleros de Magdalena, nuevo caso de éxito". Por La Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  4. http://www.membrilleros.com.mx/ Archived 3 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ":: Termometro en Linea ::". Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  6. "Ernesto de Lucas Hopkins | Enrique Peña Nieto". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  7. Francisco Reséndiz (11 January 2012). "Peña Nieto presenta equipo de campaña". El Universal (in Spanish).
  8. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/graficos/pdf12/equipo-transicion.pdf
  9. "Enrique Peña Nieto presenta su equipo de transición". Excélsior (in Spanish). 4 September 2012.
  10. Nayeli Cortés (19 April 2012). "Apodos van a las boletas electorales". El Universal (in Spanish).
  11. "Sonora Ahora". Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  12. "Asigna CG del IEE Sonora diputaciones de Representación Proporcional" (in Spanish). IEEE Sonora. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  13. Gil Reyes (18 December 2010). "Cumple Ernesto de Lucas compromiso en la "Prevo"". ehui.com (in Spanish).
  14. Gil Reyes (25 December 2010). "Lleva Ernesto De Lucas juguetes a niños de Magdalena". ehui.com (in Spanish).
  15. Gil Reyes (6 November 2010). "Entrega Ernesto de Lucas equipo de cómputo a escuela". ehui.com (in Spanish).
  16. Gil Reyes (23 December 2010). "Continuará Ernesto De Lucas donando parte de su sueldo a niños pobres". ehui.com (in Spanish).
  17. "Cumple Pato 100 compromisos". Por La Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  18. "Afirma Ernesto de Lucas campaña contra las adicciones en niños y jóvenes". Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  19. ""El Pato" De Lucas y Emigdio Coronado, llevan alegría y valores a escuelas". Por La Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  20. "Arranca PRI Sonora programa "Luchando Por Tus Valores"". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  21. Mesa de Redacción. "Tribuna parlamentaria" (in Spanish). Infórmate Diario Electrónico. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  22. "Diputados federales del PRI Piden tarifa de luz única para Sonora". Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  23. Araceli Celaya (28 July 2010). "Busca el "Pato" de Lucas 150 mil firmas contra la CFE". Ariete Caborca.
  24. "Recaba Ernesto de Lucas, firmas de apoyo contra altas tarifas de CFE". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  25. "Va De Lucas por reducir tarifa eléctrica". Por La Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
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