Jesús Pablo Lemus Navarro (born 18 July 1969) is a Mexican politician, businessman and communicator. He was president of the Employers' Confederation of the Mexican Republic (COPARMEX) of Jalisco, general director of Credicampo and, from 2015 to 2021, mayor of

Zapopan Zapopan () is a city and municipality located in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Part of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, the population of Zapopan city proper makes it the second largest city in the state, very close behind the population of ...

in Jalisco. From 2021 to 2023, he was municipal president of

Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...

. He is the governor-elect of Jalisco for the Citizens' Movement (MC) in the 2024 elections.

Early life and education

Lemus was born in

, Jalisco, on 18 July 1969, in a family dedicated to the musical instrument trade. He is married to Maye Villa, with whom he has four children. Lemus completed a degree in Business Administration at the

ITESO, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara ''ITESO, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara'' — distinct from the University of Guadalajara — also known as ''Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, ITESO,'' is a Jesuit university in the Western Mexican state of J ...

. Upon completion, he continued with two postgraduate degrees, one in Finance at the

Panamerican University The Universidad Panamericana ( Spanish: ''Universidad Panamericana''), commonly known as UP, is a private Catholic university founded in Mexico City. It has four campuses: the main Mixcoac campus in the Benito Juarez borough of south-western Mexi ...

and another in the specialty of Senior Business Management, at the

Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresa IPADE (PanAmerican Institute for High Business Management) is the business school of Universidad Panamericana, or Pan-American University, a private university in Mexico. The institute, from which the university came out later, was founded in 1 ...

Professional career

As a businessman, Lemus began his career at the head of Musical Lemus, a company belonging to his family. He then joined the Board of Directors of Multivalores Grupo Financiero (currently Grupo Multiva) and, later, he would become a partner of Credicampo. He participated in COPARMEX as president of the Young Entrepreneurs Commission, and later became the director of said organization. During his administration, from 2008 to 2011, Lemus undertook reforms to combat corruption in various levels of government, in addition to promoting citizen participation with initiatives such as Reasoned Vote and Meet Your Deputy. On the other hand, he collaborated in various media outlets in the

Guadalajara metropolitan area The Guadalajara metropolitan area (officially, in es, Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara) is the most populous metropolitan area of the Mexican state of Jalisco and the third largest in the country after Greater Mexico City and Monterrey. It incl ...

, first as a moderator in a local television program and then as the headline of a radio news program on the Zona 3 Noticias station. He was also a columnist in a newspaper.

Political career

Mayor of Zapopan

Nominated by the MC, Lemus was elected Mayor of Zapopan by popular vote for the period 2015–2018, with a difference of 10 percentage points. He was sworn in as Municipal President on 1 October 2015. Almost two years later, on 27 August, he was ratified in office with an approval rating of 89 percent. From the beginning of his administration, he announced that he would focus on addressing the main social problems, caused by the inequality that prevails in the municipality. With the aim of developing policies for the protection, security, development and well-being of minors, the Lemus administration embarked on an action plan, since 2016, to be the City of Children. Some actions carried out in favor of Zapopan society, especially for boys and girls, were the recovery of sports and recreational spaces, creation of social programs to prevent school dropouts, stimulating employment and promoting entrepreneurship, the construction of centers community with art workshops and the installation of the Rights Protection System for children and adolescents (SIPINNA).

Mayor of Guadalajara

In February 2021, Lemus requested a license as mayor of Zapopan to aspire to a multi-member council by the Citizens' Movement. During this process, he also confirmed that he would be in charge of coordinating the campaigns for the local councils of Jalisco. On March 16, Ismael del Toro Castro, candidate for the presidency of Guadalajara, resigned from the electoral race for family reasons. Two days later, the leader of the Jalisco Citizens' Movement, Ricardo Rodríguez, presented Lemus as the new candidate for mayor. Lemus would be elected mayor and was sworn in on 1 October 2021. He resigned from the position on 27 October 2023 in order to run for governor of Jalisco.

Governor of Jalisco

On 2 June 2024, as part of the

local elections In many parts of the world, local elections take place to select office-holders in local government, such as mayors and councillors. Elections to positions within a city or town are often known as "municipal elections". Their form and conduct vary ...

, Lemus was elected governor of Jalisco.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lemus Navarro, Pablo 1969 births Living people Politicians from Guadalajara, Jalisco Municipal presidents of Guadalajara, Jalisco Municipal presidents in Jalisco Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education alumni Panamerican University alumni Citizens' Movement (Mexico) politicians