Juan Carlos Pérez Góngora (born 27 August 1960) is a Mexican lawyer and politician who served in the

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from 2003 to 2006. Pérez Góngora received a

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from the

Universidad Regiomontana The Universidad Regiomontana (known by its shortened name U-ERRE, and previously by the abbreviation UR) is an institution of higher education in Monterrey, Mexico. This university has its origin in the Instituto Modelo de Educación (Model Educ ...

(UR) and a

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from the Instituto de Especialización para Ejecutivos, AC (IEE). He also has pursued

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studies at the Universidad Regiomontana. He served as president of the Chamber of Commerce of Monterrey (Cámara de Comercio de Monterrey or CANACO) from 1993 to 1999. In the 2003 mid-terms he was elected to the

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to represent

Nuevo León Nuevo León, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León, is a Administrative divisions of Mexico, state in northeastern Mexico. The state borders the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosí, San Luis ...

's 1st district. Pérez Góngora was the PRI candidate for the 2009

San Pedro Garza García San Pedro Garza García (also known as San Pedro) is a city-municipality in the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Mexican state of Nuevo León and part of the Monterrey Metropolitan area. It is a contemporary commercial suburb of the larger met ...

municipal presidency election.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Perez Gongora, Juan Carlos Living people Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Politicians from Nuevo León 1960 births Universidad Regiomontana alumni 21st-century Mexican politicians