Javier Náñez Pro (born April 9, 1991) is a lawyer and Mexican politician involved in electoral political litigation in Mexico since 2015. Currently, he is the representative before the

National Electoral Institute The Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) (English for ''National Electoral Institute'') (formerly Federal Electoral Institute (, IFE)) is an autonomous, public agency responsible for organizing federal elections in Mexico, that is, those relate ...

(INE) of Jaime Heliodoro Rodríguez Calderón "''El Bronco''", the Governor – with license from office since January 2018 – of the state of

Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...

and

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to the Presidency of México in the federal elections of 2018.

Early life and education

Javier Náñez Pro was born in the city of

Monterrey Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anchor ...

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, on April 9, 1991, to Héctor Javier Náñez Garza and Adriana Teresa Pro Villarreal. He graduated with honors with a bachelor's degree in law from the Faculty 'Libre de Derecho of

', in 2014. Upon graduation he traveled abroad to study social sciences at the University of

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Political beginnings

After graduating, in 2015 Náñez Pro joined the campaign team of the independent candidate to the

Governatorial State elections, as legal advisor to Manuel Florentino González Flores, general coordinator of the campaign, of the then ''independent candidate'' to the governorship of State of Nuevo León,

Jaime Rodríguez Calderón Jaime Heliodoro Rodríguez Calderón (born 28 December 1957 in Ejido Pablillo, Galeana, Nuevo León), sometimes referred to by his nickname "''El Bronco''", is a Mexican politician. He served as the Governor of the northern state of Nuevo León ...

. On June 7, 2015, the Nuevo León State elections were held,

won Governor of the State with 1 020 552 votes, equivalent to 48.8% of the total votes cast, and Náñez Pro was invited to be part of the governor-elect's transition team. Javier Náñez Pro was appointed by the Governor as Legal Coordinator of the Legal Department of the State government of

on October 6, 2015. He was subsequently appointed Technical Secretary of the General Secretary of the Nuevo León State government. On October 16, 2017, he resigned to his public office to join the campaign of

"El Bronco" to the Presidency of México for the Mexican 2018 presidential elections and become a National Legal Coordinator for independent candidacies across

. After resigning in October 2017, he was consolidated as head of the legal team of the

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"''El Bronco''" in his aspiration to the

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in the Federal Elections of 2018.

Presidential Election of 2018

On March 15, 2018, after the

(INE) declared inconsistencies in the signatures presented by "El Bronco", the candidate was refused registration as

to the

, as his attorney, Javier Náñez Pro, filed before the Superior Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judicial Branch of México (TEPJF) four means of challenge requesting the judicial authority to rule in favor of

and order his registration as candidate for the presidency of Mexico. On April 9, 2018, the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judicial Branch of México (TEPJF) held a public session where they discussed the matter and by a majority of four votes in favor, they resolved and requested the immediate registration of Rodríguez Calderón as an independent candidate for the 2018 Mexican Presidencial elections. On April 11, Náñez Pro was named by the presidential candidate as his proprietary representative before the General Council of the

. Javier Náñez Pro was signed in as representative before the Plenary of the General Council of the

on April 16, 2018.

References

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