Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong (; 5 August 1964) is a Mexican politician who served as the Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of

Enrique Peña Nieto Enrique Peña Nieto (; born 20 July 1966), commonly referred to by his initials EPN, is a Mexican former politician and lawyer who was the 64th president of Mexico from 2012 to 2018. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he p ...

. He was Governor of Hidalgo until April 2011.

Early life

Born in

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, Hidalgo, Osorio is a graduate of the Autonomous University of Hidalgo State Law School. He is of Chinese descent through his mother's family.

Political career

In 2003, Osorio was elected to serve as a Representative in the

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, hence he served during the LIX Legislature. He left his seat in order to become the

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's candidate for Governor of the State of Hidalgo, which he won by a wide margin of votes, defeating José Guadarrama Márquez, candidate of the

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, Antonio Haghenbeck Cámara, of the National Action Party and Arturo Aparicio Ramos, of the Labor Party. Before being elected Governor Osorio held several public positions in the administration of the state of Hidalgo, mainly performing in the portfolios of Government and Social Development. He was elected Governor of the state of Hidalgo in 2005 for the period 1 April 2005, through to 31 March 2011. Osorio was appointed Secretary of the Interior by President

. After assuming office, the Ministry absorbed the functions of two former ministries, that of

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and the one which was in charge of

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. Besides, he assumed the responsibility of being the coordinator of the whole cabinet. His wife, Laura Vargas, is national Director of DIF, the

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. In July 2015, while on a state visit to France with President Nieto, notorious drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman Loera escaped from a federal prison; he was dispatched back to Mexico to lead the effort at recapture which he was involved with El Chapo for a long time. In response to questions about inconsistencies in his declaration of wealth, Senator Osorio presented four boxes of documents to the Secretariat of the Civil Service (SFP) in August

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. The newspaper '' Reforma'' had published an article in July questioning his supposed home ownership in Mexico City.

References

External links

Biography by CIDOB
{{DEFAULTSORT:Osorio Chong, Miguel Angel 1964 births Living people Politicians from Pachuca, Hidalgo Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Mexican people of Chinese descent Mexican politicians of Chinese descent Governors of Hidalgo (state) Secretaries of the interior of Mexico Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo alumni Deputies of the LIX Legislature of Mexico Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) Mexican politicians of Asian descent