Alfonso Durazo Montaño (born 11 July 1954) is a Mexican

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who served as chief

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and

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Vicente Fox Vicente Fox Quesada (; born 2 July 1942) is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006. After campaigning as a right-wing populist, Fox was elected president on the ...

. Representing the

National Regeneration Movement MORENA () is a major Mexican left-wing political party. It is described as an anti-neoliberal and populist party. It is the ruling party of Mexico since 2018. The name is an acronym for the Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (National Regene ...

(MORENA), he is the current

Governor of Sonora List of governors of the Mexican state of Sonora since 1911: *2021–present Alfonso Durazo *2015–2021 Claudia Pavlovich Arellano *2009–2015 Guillermo Padrés Elías *2003–2009 Eduardo Bours Castelo *1997–2003 ...

Early life and education

Durazo was born in

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, Sonora, on 11 July 1954. For elementary school, he went to the ''General Miguel Samaniego'' school. For middle school, he went to the ''General Plutarco Elías Calles'' school in

Agua Prieta Agua Prieta (English: ''Dark Water'', Opata: ''Bachicuy'') is a town in Agua Prieta Municipality in the northeastern corner of the Mexican state of Sonora. It stands on the Mexico–U.S. border, adjacent to the town of Douglas, Arizona. The mu ...

, Sonora. For high school he attended ''Instituto Soria'' in

Hermosillo Hermosillo (), formerly called Pitic (as in ''Santísima Trinidad del Pitic'' and ''Presidio del Pitic''), is a city located in the center of the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the municipal seat of the Hermosillo municipality, the ...

, Sonora. He holds a

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from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, a bachelor's degree in

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from the

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, a master's degree in

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from the Sonoran Institute of Public Administration, AC, and a doctorate's degree in

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from the

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Career

From 1992 to 1993 he served as private secretary of the Secretary of Social Development

Luis Donaldo Colosio Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta (; 10 February 1950 – 23 March 1994) was a Mexican politician, economist, and Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) presidential candidate, who was assassinated at a campaign rally in Tijuana during the Mexic ...

. When Colosio became the PRI candidate to the presidency of Mexico, Durazo continued to serve as Colosio's private secretary. In May 2000 he resigned from the PRI and joined the presidential campaign of Vicente Fox. Fox appointed Durazo as his private secretary after the July 2000 election and also became the presidential

in 2003. Durazo resigned from his positions in 2004 and heavily criticised Fox's administration. In March 2006 Durazo announced that he will be joining

Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican politician who has been serving as the 65th president of Mexico since 1 December 2018. He previously served as Head of Government of Mex ...

's presidential campaign. On that year he was nominated Candidate for Senator in his home state, Sonora. In January 2012 he joined again López Obrador's presidential campaign as General Manager in the State of Sonora. he served as Deputy of the

LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress The LXII Legislature of the Congress of Mexico met from September 1, 2012, to August 31, 2015. All members of both the lower and upper houses of the Congress were elected in the elections of July 2012. Senate elections The Institutional Revolu ...

representing Sonora. Andrés Manuel López Obrador reestablished the

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, previously abolished by the Peña administration, and named Durazo as the head of the agency.

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Perfil de Legislador
(in Spanish) 1954 births Living people Politicians from Sonora Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Citizens' Movement (Mexico) politicians Morena (political party) politicians 21st-century Mexican politicians National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education alumni Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana alumni Governors of Sonora Deputies of the LXII Legislature of Mexico {{Mexico-politician-Morena-stub