Samuel García (politician)
Mexican politician (born 1987) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Samuel Alejandro García Sepúlveda (born 28 December 1987) is a Mexican lawyer and politician serving as the Governor of Nuevo León. A member of the Citizens' Movement party, he served as a local deputy in the Congress of Nuevo León from 2015 to 2018 and represented Nuevo León in the Senate from 2018 to 2020.[2][3][4]
Samuel García Sepúlveda | |
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Governor of Nuevo León | |
Assumed office 4 December 2023 [Note 1] | |
Preceded by | Luis Enrique Orozco (interim) |
In office 4 October 2021 – 1 December 2023 | |
Preceded by | Jaime Rodríguez Calderón |
Succeeded by | Luis Enrique Orozco (interim)[1] |
Senator of the Congress of the Union for Nuevo León | |
In office 1 September 2018 – 18 November 2020 | |
Preceded by | Marcela Guerra Castillo |
Succeeded by | Luis David Ortiz Salinas |
Member of the Congress of Nuevo León Plurinominal | |
In office 1 September 2015 – 31 August 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Samuel Alejandro García Sepúlveda (1987-12-28) 28 December 1987 (age 36) Monterrey, Nuevo León |
Political party | Citizens' Movement (2015–present) |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Education | Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (LLB, LLM, PhD) Autonomous University of Nuevo León (SJD) ITAC University (SJD) |
Occupation | Politician |
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Born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, García obtained his law and finance degree from ITESM and subsequently earned a master's degree in public law and a Ph.D. in public policy and administration. From 2017 to 2019, García led the Citizens' Movement party in the state of Nuevo León. In 2018, he was elected to the Senate, and in 2021, he was elected governor of Nuevo León. In 2023, García secured his party's presidential nomination for the 2024 election, but withdrew amidst a political crisis over the appointment of an interim governor in Nuevo León.