Adrián de la Garza Santos
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Adrián de la Garza Santos | |
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| Municipal president of Monterrey | |
| In office 31 January 2019 – 29 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Bernardo Jaime González Garza (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas |
| In office 2 July 2018 – 30 October 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Genaro García de la Garza (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Bernardo Jaime González Garza (interim) |
| In office 31 October 2015 – 28 April 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Margarita Arellanes Cervantes |
| Succeeded by | Genaro García de la Garza (interim) |
| Attorney General of Nuevo Leon | |
| In office 10 February 2011 – 24 January 2015 | |
| Governor | Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz |
| Preceded by | Alejandro Garza y Garza |
| Succeeded by | Javier Flores Saldívar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 September 1971 Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico |
| Political party | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
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Adrián de la Garza Santos (born 17 September 1971) is a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as the municipal president of Monterrey from 2015 to 2021 and as the attorney general of Nuevo León from 2011 to 2015.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
De la Garza was born on 17 September 1971 in Monterrey, Nuevo León to Filiberto de la Garza de la Garza and Sandra Santos. His father served as the attorney general of Nuevo León from 1977 to 1979.[1]
Attorney General of Nuevo León[edit]
On 3 February 2011, the Governor of Nuevo León, Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz, announced that he would nominate de la Garza as Attorney General. Seven days later, the Congress of Nuevo León held an extraordinary session and unanimously confirmed his nomination.
During his tenure, the Attorney General's Office was restructured to create three regional offices: north, central, and south;[2] the AMBER Alert system was implemented in the state;[3] new uniforms for the Attorney General's Office were introduced;[4] the new organic law of the state prosecutor's office was published, the Specialized Group for Immediate Search was created, and the renovation of the State Investigation Agency building was initiated.[5]
On 24 January 2015, de la Garza resigned in order to contend for the Institutional Revolutionary Party's nomination for the municipal president of Monterrey in the 2015 state election.[6]
Municipal president of Monterrey[edit]
Elections[edit]
2015[edit]
On 15 January 2015, candidate registrations for the Institutional Revolutionary Party began. One week later, Senator Marcela Guerra, who had registered as a precandidate for the municipal president of Monterrey, withdrew in favor of de la Garza. The following day, de la Garza resigned from his position as attorney general to register as a precandidate for municipal president of Monterrey.
On 27 February 2015, the PRI confirmed him as their candidate, and on 2 March 2015, he registered with the State Electoral Commission as the candidate for the coalition Alianza por tu Seguridad, which consisted of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, Ecologist Green Party of Mexico, New Alliance Party, and the Democratic Party.
In the election, de la Garza won with 34.4% of the votes, defeating his nearest opponent by nearly 8 points.[7]
2018[edit]
In early 2018, de la Garza shared a video on social media confirming his intention to seek reelection.[8]
In the election, de la Garza lost to Felipe de Jesús Cantú of the National Action Party by 4,679 votes.[9] De la Garza contested the election at the Electoral Tribunal of Nuevo León, which decided to annul ballot boxes favoring the National Action Party, thereby reversing the result and granting the office to de la Garza.[10] However, the regional chamber of the Federal Electoral Tribunal overturned this decision, declaring Cantú the winner. De la Garza appealed to the highest chamber of the Federal Electoral Tribunal, which annulled the election and scheduled a special election for December.[11]
The special election was held on 23 December 2018, in which de la Garza won with 41.22% of the vote, becoming the first municipal president of Monterrey to be reelected for a consecutive term. Turnout for this election was significantly lower than the previous one, with only 33.04% of citizens voting, compared to the 59.7% turnout in the previous election.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Adrián de la Garza: ¿quién es el candidato a la alcaldía de Monterrey?". MVS Noticias (in Spanish). 2024-02-28. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "Anuncia Procuraduría de Justicia reestructuración". Milenio. 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "Formaliza NL programa de Alerta Amber". Multimedios (in Spanish). 2013-03-31. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ Santana, Rodolfo (2014-08-25). "Presentan nuevos uniformes de agentes estatales". Info 7. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "Nueva AEI lleva 85% de avance". Milenio. 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "Deja Adrián de la Garza Procuraduría; irá por Monterrey". ABC Noticias (in Spanish). 2015-01-24. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "CÓMPUTO 2015". computos2015.ieepcnl.mx. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ Jiménez, Gabriela (2018-02-02). "Adrián sí va por la reelección". Milenio. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "Elecciones Nuevo león 2018". computos2018.ieepcnl.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "Tribunal Electoral de NL le quita dos alcaldías al PAN y se las da al PRI; Acción Nacional dice que impugnará". Animal Politico. 2018-08-17. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ González, Jimena (2018-10-31). "El Tribunal Electoral federal anula la elección para la alcaldía de Monterrey". ADNPolítico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "Elecciones Nuevo león 2018". computo18monterrey.ieepcnl.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-07.