Alejandro González Yáñez (born 9 September 1956) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the
Labor Party (PT), of which he was a founding member in 1990.
He served as a
senator
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or Legislative chamber, chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the Ancient Rome, ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior ...
for the state of
Durango
Durango, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, is one of the 31 states which make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in the northwest portion of the country. With a population of 1,832,650 ...
in the
64th and
65th Congresses (2018–2024).
He also was a senator in the
60th and
61st Congresses and a federal deputy during the
59th Congress. From 1992 to 1995 he was the mayor of
Victoria de Durango
Durango (, ) is the capital and largest city of the northern Mexican state of Durango and the seat of the municipality of Durango. It has a population of 616,068 as of the 2020 census with 688,697 living in the municipality. The city's officia ...
.
González Yáñez won election as one of Durango's senators in the
2024 Senate election, occupying the first place on the ''
Sigamos Haciendo Historia
Sigamos Haciendo Historia () is a centre-left to left-wing, catch-all Mexican electoral coalition formed by the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), the Labor Party (PT), and the Green Ecologist Party of Mexico (PVEM) for the 2024 Mexica ...
'' coalition's two-name formula.
References
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Legislatura del Congreso de la Unión de México
1956 births
Living people
Politicians from Mexico City
Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico)
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
Labor Party (Mexico) politicians
20th-century Mexican politicians
21st-century Mexican politicians
National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
Academic staff of Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango
Members of the Congress of Durango
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