Cruz Pérez Cuéllar
Cruz Pérez Cuéllar | |
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| Senator of the Congress of the Union from Chihuahua | |
| Assumed office 29 August 2018[1] | |
| Preceded by | Patricio Martínez García |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 January 1969 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| Party | PAN (1988–2015) MC (2015–17) Morena (since 2017) |
Cruz Pérez Cuéllar (born 16 January 1969) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (Morena). In 2018, he was elected to the Senate from Chihuahua for the 64th and 65th Legislatures of Congress (2018–2024). He later took leave from the Senate and was elected Mayor of Ciudad Juárez on 6 June 2021.[3]
Early life and education
Pérez Cuéllar was born in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, on 16 January 1969.[4][1] He studied law at the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ) while also owning a jewelry store known as La Colonial.[1] During this time, he became active in student organizations and joined the National Action Party (PAN) in 1988.[1]
Political career
National Action Party
In 1991, Pérez Cuéllar coordinated the PAN federal deputy campaign in Chihuahua's fourth district. Three years later, he was elected to the LVI Legislature of the Mexican Congress as a federal deputy, serving on seven commissions, including Youth Matters and Border Matters.[1] He also became part of the municipal committee for the PAN in Ciudad Juárez and later the secretary of organization for the PAN in Chihuahua.[1] Between 1997 and 1998, he served as state party secretary general.[1]
In 1998, Pérez Cuéllar was elected to the Chihuahua state legislature, leading the PAN caucus. In 2000, he was elected state party head, resigning in 2003 ahead of a campaign for mayor of Ciudad Juárez.[1]
From 2006 to 2009, he returned to the Chamber of Deputies in the LX Legislature, representing Chihuahua's third district.[1] In 2008, he again became leader of the state party.[5] In 2012, he sought but did not obtain the PAN nomination for the Senate.[1]
Citizens' Movement
In March 2015, Pérez Cuéllar left the PAN after publicly accusing then-senator Javier Corral Jurado of misconduct.[5] He affiliated with Movimiento Ciudadano (MC) and ran for governor of Chihuahua in 2016. His campaign platform included participatory budgeting, a recall referendum for the governor, and expanded child care services.[6] In 2017, testimony in a corruption trial revealed that former governor César Duarte had financed his campaign with MXN$15 million in misappropriated funds.[7]
Morena
In 2017, Pérez Cuéllar joined the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) and ran for Senate in 2018 on the Juntos Haremos Historia coalition ticket with Bertha Alicia Caraveo Camarena. The ticket won a plurality, and both candidates entered the Senate.[2]
Mayor of Ciudad Juárez
On 6 June 2021, Pérez Cuéllar was elected Mayor of Ciudad Juárez.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Perfil del legislador" (in Spanish). Legislative Information System. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Entrega INE constancia a Caraveo y Cruz Perez Cuellar como senadores". Tiempo (in Spanish). 8 July 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ "Recibe Cruz Pérez constancia de mayoría como edil de Ciudad Juárez". 18 June 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ "Cruz Pérez Cuéllar". Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez.
- ^ a b Salmón Aguilera, Alejandro (20 March 2015). "Cruz Pérez Cuellar deja al PAN en medio de acusaciones de servir al PRI". La Crónica de Chihuahua (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ "Comparte Cruz Pérez Cuéllar propuestas con automovilistas de Juárez". Tiempo (in Spanish). 3 May 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ "Pagó César Duarte campaña de Cruz Pérez Cuellar". El Mexicano (in Spanish). 13 September 2017. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ "Recibe Cruz Pérez constancia de mayoría como edil de Ciudad Juárez". 18 June 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2023.