Emilio González Márquez | |
Office: | Governor of Jalisco |
Term Start: | 1 March 2007 |
Term End: | 28 February 2013 |
Predecessor: | Gerardo Octavio Solís Gómez |
Successor: | Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz |
Office2: | Municipal president of Guadalajara |
Term Start2: | 1 January 2004 |
Term End2: | 5 December 2005 |
Predecessor2: | Fernando Garza Martínez |
Successor2: | Ernesto Alfredo Espinosa Guarro |
Birth Date: | November 12, 1960 |
Birth Place: | Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco |
Spouse: | Imelda Guzmán |
Profession: | Public Accountant |
Party: | National Action Party |
Emilio González Márquez (born 12 November 1960 in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). He served as Governor of Jalisco.[1] from 2007 to 2013
González was an active member of the Mexican Democratic Party (PDM); he served as municipal president (mayor) of Lagos de Moreno representing the PDM (1980 - 1982). He resigned from the PDM in 1988.
In 1992 González joined the National Action Party (PAN) and secured a seat in the Chamber of Deputies via proportional representation. From 1995 to 1997 he served as Regidor of the municipality of Guadalajara. In 1997 he was elected to serve in the LVII Legislature of the Mexican Congress. González presided over the PAN in the State of Jalisco from 1999 to 2002. In 2003 he was elected municipal president of Guadalajara; he assumed office on 1 January 2004, and left the position on 6 December 2005 seeking his party nomination for the governorship of Jalisco; he won his party's internal bid with 55.17% of the votes.