José Francisco Yunes Zorrilla | |
Birth Date: | 1969 9, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Perote, Veracruz, Mexico |
Occupation: | Politician |
José Francisco Yunes Zorrilla (born 25 September 1969) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). In the 2018 general election he was elected to serve as a Senator for Veracruz in the 62nd and 63rd Congresses (2018 - 2024).[1] He also served in the Chamber of Deputies for Veracruz's 9th congressional district on three occasions — 2000–2003, 2009–2012, and 2021–2024 — and, in 1998 to 2000, was the mayor of his hometown of Perote, Veracruz.[2]
Yunes Zorrilla contended for the governorship of Veracruz in the 2 June 2024 election, on the Fuerza y Corazón por México coalition ticket, but lost to Rocío Nahle García of Morena.[3] He previously ran for the same position in 2018, but lost to Cuitláhuac García of Morena.[4]