Juan Camilo Mouriño | |
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Secretary of the Interior | |
In office January 16, 2008 – November 4, 2008 |
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President | Felipe Calderón |
Preceded by | Francisco Ramírez Acuña |
Succeeded by | Fernando Gómez-Mont |
Personal details | |
Born |
Juan Camilo Mouriño Terrazo August 1, 1971 Madrid, Spain |
Died | November 4, 2008 Mexico City, Mexico |
(aged 37)
Resting place | Los Angeles |
Nationality | Mexican |
Political party | National Action Party |
Spouse(s) | Mari Gely Escalante Castillo |
Relations | Carlos Mouriño (Father) |
Children | Iván, Juan Camilo, María de los Ángeles |
Residence | Jalisco |
Alma mater | University of Tampa |
Profession | Economist |
Juan Camilo Mouriño Terrazo (August 1, 1971 – November 4, 2008) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN) and the Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón.
Mouriño was born in Toulouse to Carlos Mouriño, a Spanish immigrant to Mexico, who is the current president of the Spanish football team Celta de Vigo. Mouriño Terrazo studied economics at the University of Tampa and at the Universidad Autónoma de Campeche.
Mouriño served as local deputy in the State Congress of Campeche and as a federal deputy during the LVIII Legislature (2000–2003) of the Congress of the Union. In 2003 he unsuccessfully ran for municipal president (mayor) of Campeche.
His political career had been linked to Felipe Calderón: when Calderón served as Secretary of Energy Mouriño was designated under-secretary of Energy; during Calderón's presidential campaging he was the coordinator of the campaign first and then under-coordinator when Josefina Vázquez Mota became general-coordinator. In September 2006 he was designated head of Calderón's transition team and then on December 1, 2006, President Calderón appointed him as the Chief of the Presidency's Office.