Felipe González González

Felipe González González (28 January 1947 – 24 February 2023) was a Mexican politician and businessman. A member of the National Action Party (PAN), he was Governor of Aguascalientes[1] from 1998 to 2004 and served in the Senate from 2006 to 2012.[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is González.
For other people with similar names, see Felipe González (disambiguation).

Felipe González González
Governor of Aguascalientes
In office
1 December 1998 – 25 August 2004
Preceded byOtto Granados Roldán
Succeeded byJuan José León Rubio
Senator
for Aguascalientes
In office
1 September 2006 – 31 August 2012
Preceded byAlfredo Reyes Velázquez
Succeeded byMartín Orozco Sandoval
Personal details
Born(1947-01-28)28 January 1947
Aguascalientes, Mexico
Died24 February 2023(2023-02-24) (aged 76)
Aguascalientes, Mexico
Political partyPAN

Early years

Felipe González was born in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, on 28 January 1947.[2] His father died when he was 21, after which time he worked in the family business with his brothers.[3]

Career

Business

González served most of his professional life as an entrepreneur in various sectors. In 1991, he was president of the Business Center of Aguascalientes (CEA).[4] He also served as president of the Employers' Confederation of Mexico (Coparmex) in Aguascalientes, and as chairman of the board of BBVA Bancomer and director of seven other banks. He served as president of the Sister City Committee, and was the founder and president of the Social Union of Businessmen in Mexico (USEM) in Aguascalientes. As president of the Association of Grocery Store Owners, González maintained a close relationship with the grocers of Aguascalientes.[3]

Among his many awards was the Business Award of Merit in 1993, awarded by the Confederation of Chambers of Commerce nationwide.[3]

Education

González served as chairman of the board of the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes and of the National College of Professional Technical Education (CONALEP); he supported and promoted the creation of the Panamerican University's Bonaterra Campus in Aguascalientes.[3][5]

Politics

His first foray into politics was his nomination as the PAN's candidate for governor in Aguascalientes in 1998. After an intense campaign and an unprecedented mobilization of many population sectors in Aguascalientes,[6] he secured a surprise victory over Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidate Héctor Hugo Olivares Ventura with 53% of the vote (against Olivares Ventura's 36%), making him the state's first governor not to come from the ranks of the PRI.[7][8] During his term as governor, he focused on the politics of industrialization and sought to attract international investment into the state.[9]

On 25 August 2004, he was appointed by President Vicente Fox as an assistant secretary at the Interior Ministry, a position where he remained until 9 January 2006. That year, he resigned to be nominated as a candidate for the Senate, representing the state of Aguascalientes, a position he was elected to until 2012 for the 60th and 61st legislatures.[2] While in the Senate, he served as chairman of the Public Security Committee.[10]

Personal life and death

González was married to Cony Ramírez Zermeño, with whom he had four children.[3] He was a Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus.[11] He was vice president of the board of Corazón Amigo, an organization that provides medical treatment to poor people.[3]

González died in the city of Aguascalientes on 24 February 2023, at the age of 76.[7]

References
  1. "Law and environmental protection for Aguascalientes state" (PDF). Government of Aguascalientes. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  2. Franco, Aminadab Rafael Pérez (1 January 2007). Quiénes son el PAN. PAN, Fundación Rafael Preciado Hernández, A.C. p. 155. ISBN 978-970-701-973-7. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  3. "Sen. Felipe González González" (in Spanish). PAN Grupo Parlamementario Senadores. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  4. Tagle, Silvia Gómez (1993). Elecciones de 1991: la recuperación oficial (in Spanish). La Jornada Ediciones. p. 57. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  5. Ruiz, Edgar González (30 April 2001). La ultima cruzada/the Last Crossing: De los cristeros a Fox/from Cristeros To Fox (in Spanish). Random House Mondadori. p. 177. ISBN 978-970-05-1289-1. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  6. Sandoval, Salvador Camacho; Rangel, Yolanda Padilla (1998). Vaivenes de utopía: historia de la educación en Aguascalientes en el siglo XX. Instituto de Educación de Aguascalientes. p. 75. ISBN 978-970-18-1280-8. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  7. "Muere Felipe González González, primer gobernador de Aguascalientes de la alternancia". El Universal. 24 February 2023.
  8. Breene, Robert Jr. (31 December 2001). Latin American political yearbook. Transaction Publishers. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-7658-0044-2. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  9. Luna, Gabriel Medrano de (January 2006). La morena y sus chorriados: los ferrocarriles en Aguascalientes. UAA. p. 113. ISBN 978-970-728-037-3. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  10. Grayson, George W. (2010). Mexico: narco-violence and a failed state?. Transaction Publishers. pp. 259–. ISBN 978-1-4128-1151-4. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  11. Schaffer, Víctor Manzanilla (1998). Neoliberalismo vs. humanismo: en defensa de nuestro proyecto histórico nacional. Editorial Grijalbo. p. 66. ISBN 978-970-05-1035-4. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
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