| Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas | |
| Office: | President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| Term Start: | 18 August 2019 |
| Predecessor: | Claudia Ruiz Massieu |
| Office2: | National List Deputy of the Mexican Congress |
| Term Start2: | 1 September 2021 |
| Term Start3: | 1 September 2012 |
| Term End3: | 2 February 2015 |
| Term Start4: | 1 September 2003 |
| Term End4: | 31 August 2006 |
| Office5: | 50th Governor of Campeche |
| Term Start5: | 16 September 2015 |
| Term End5: | 13 July 2019 |
| Predecessor5: | Fernando Ortega Bernés |
| Successor5: | Carlos Miguel Aysa González |
| Office6: | Senator for Campeche of the Mexican Congress |
| Term Start6: | 1 September 2006 |
| Term End6: | 31 December 2011 |
| Predecessor6: | Aracely Escalante Jasso |
| Successor6: | Óscar Román Rosas González |
| Birth Date: | 1975 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Campeche, Campeche, Mexico |
| Spouse: | Christell Castañón de Moreno |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
| Party: | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| Alma Mater: | ITES René Descartes |
| Birth Name: | Rafael Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas |
Rafael Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas (born 25 April 1975), often known as Alito,[1] is a Mexican politician who has been the President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 2019.[2] He served as Governor of Campeche from 2015 to 2019.
Moreno Cárdenas was born on 25 April 1975, in San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche. He received a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Institute of Superior Technological Studies René Descartes (ITES René Descartes). He also has a diploma on electoral law from the Autonomous University of Campeche.[3]
He has been an active member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 1991.[4] In 2002, he was elected as síndico of judicial affairs in the Municipio of Campeche.[5] He served as a National List Deputy in both the LIX and LXII Legislatures of the Mexican Congress.[6] Moreno Cárdenas served as a Senator during the LX and LXI Legislatures.[7]
Moreno Cárdenas was Governor of Campeche from September 2015 to July 2019. He resigned in order to run for president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
He served in the following positions within the PRI in Campeche: as state counselor, as a municipal councilor, as president of the Municipal Directive Committee (CDM) of the Popular Revolutionary Youth of the National Confederation of Popular Organizations (CNOP), and as president of the State Directive Committee of the Popular Revolutionary Youth of the CNOP.
On the national level, he served as Organization Secretary of the National Executive Committee (CEN) of the Revolutionary Youth Front and National Coordinator of the Revolutionary Youth Front of PRI.[8]
In 2019, he was unanimously elected as president of the Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean (COPPPAL) for the 2019 to 2023 period.[9] He was reelected for the 2022-2026 period in mid-2022.[10] A reason for why the election was called a year early has not been identified.
During his term as Governor of Campeche (2015-2019), he acquired several local newspapers, including El Sur, Novedades, El Expreso de Campeche, and the digital news-site webcampeche.com.[11] [12] Local newspapers and magazines of Campeche and Veracruz have also pointed out he allegedly bought the TV channel Mayavisión using his brother, Gabriel Emigdio Moreno Cárdenas, as an intermediary.
Amid criticism about mishandling funds during his campaign, on 13 July 2019, Moreno Cárdenas requested to be relieved of his duties as governor so that he could run for president of the PRI and then was elected. The Congress of Campeche named Carlos Miguel Aysa González in his place.[13]
His tenure as president of his party has been surrounded by controversy,[14] especially due to the audioscandals released by the current Governor of Campeche, Layda Sansores. Although he sought legal protection against the release of more audios, because they were allegedly acquired illegally, courts in several states have rejected his petitions.
Recently, both critics from within his party[15] [16] and experts have claimed the hits to his reputation threaten the viability of the coalition Va por México (which includes the National Action Party (PAN), the PRI, and the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD)), and have called for him to resign. Alito has rejected such calls, justifying his decision on the fact that his term as president of the party ends in 2023.[17]
He is married to Christelle Castañón, and has two children with her.[18]