Fernando Elizondo Barragán
| Fernando Elizondo | |
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| Governor of Nuevo León (Interim) | |
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In office January 13, 2003 – October 3, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Fernando Canales |
| Succeeded by | Natividad González Parás |
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January 6, 1949 Monterrey, Nuevo León |
| Political party | (2001 - 2014):.svg){kind=small} National Action Party(2014-): Citizens' Movement |
| Spouse(s) | Verónica Ortiz Salinas |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Fernando Elizondo Barragán (January 6, 1949, Monterrey, Nuevo León) is a Mexican Politician, Lawyer, and Businessperson previously affiliated with the National Action Party. He was the interim governor of Nuevo León (2003), former Secretary of Energy in the cabinet of President Vicente Fox, and Nuevo León senator in the LX and LXI legislatures. Fernando Elizondo was born into an upper-class family formed by a prominent local politician, Eduardo Elizondo Lozano, and Laura Barragán. He completed most of his basic studies in Catholic institutions and graduated with honors from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León with a degree in law. In 1971 he received an MBA from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education.
He started as a lawyer in a well-known law firm founded by his father and in 1980 took over the legal department of Hojalata y Lámina, S.A. (HYLSA), a renowned corporation in the metal industry. Later on he presided over several business chambers, including the local chapter of the National Chamber of Commerce (CANACO) until 1995, when he led the financial restructuring of Grupo Salinas y Rocha, a national chain of furniture and department stores. He left the company in August 1997.
In October 1997 Fernando Canales, a conservative businessman, was sworn as the first National Action Party (PAN) governor in the history of Nuevo León and Elizondo was invited to the cabinet. He served as the State Secretary of Finance and General Treasurer from 1997 until March 2002, when he left the post to compete for the PAN candidacy to the state governorship, which he lost against Mauricio Fernández Garza, a wealthy cultural promoter and former senator.
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