Carlos Joaquín González
| Carlos Manuel Joaquín González | |
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| Governor of Quintana Roo | |
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Assumed office September 25, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Roberto Borge Angulo |
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| Born |
5 January 1965 Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Political party | PAN/PRD |
| Occupation | Politician |
Carlos Manuel Joaquín González (born January 5, 1965) is a Mexican politician, the governor of the state of Quintana Roo. From 2009 to 2012 he served as Deputy of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Quintana Roo.
Joaquín González was born on January 5, 1965, in Cancún, the half brother of Pedro Joaquín Coldwell, a former PRI president, senator and current Secretary of Energy. He obtained his undergraduate degree in public accounting from the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán in 1988. Through the 1980s and 1990s, he worked for various companies; he supervised the auditing department of Hidrogenadora Yucateca, S.A. de C.V. from 1984 to 1988 and worked as an operations manager at other southeastern Mexican companies, including Aerovias Caribe, S.A. de C.V. (1988–90) and Portatel del Sureste, S.A. de C.V. (1990–2001). He also specialized in senior management at Tec de Monterrey.
In 1999, he became an active member of the PRI. He served as the treasurer of Solidaridad, Quintana Roo (the municipality containing Playa del Carmen) from 2002 to 2005 and was municipal president from 2005 to 2008. Also in 2008, he served as president of the Association of Coastal Municipalities of Mexico. For one year after leaving Solidaridad, Joaquín González became the secretary of tourism for Quintana Roo.
In 2009, Joaquín González won election to the LXI Legislature as a federal deputy representing the third district of Quintana Roo, which includes Cancún. He presided over the Tourism Commission and served on the Navy and Fishing Commissions during his three years in San Lázaro.
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