Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas
Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas | |
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Municipal president of Monterrey | |
Assumed office 1 October 2021 | |
Preceded by | Adrián de la Garza |
Member of the Congress of Nuevo León from the 4th district | |
In office 1 September 2018 – 1 February 2021 | |
Preceded by | José Arturo Salinas Garza |
Succeeded by | Marco Antonio Decanini Contreras |
Personal details | |
Born | Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, Mexico | 31 July 1985
Political party | Movimiento Ciudadano |
Spouse | María de la Luz García Luna |
Children | Luis Donaldo Colosio García María Emilia |
Parent(s) | Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta Diana Laura Riojas |
Relatives | Luis Colosio Fernández (paternal grandfather) |
Education | Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education |
Occupation | Lawyer and Politician |
Website | https://www.colosioriojas.mx/ |
Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas (born 31 July 1985) is a Mexican lawyer and politician. He is the mayor of the city of Monterrey and was a legislator in the Congress of Nuevo León from 1 September 2018 to 1 February 2021. He is the son of Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta, the PRI presidential candidate, who was assassinated at a campaign rally in Tijuana during the Mexican presidential campaign of 1994.
Biography[edit]
Born in Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, on 31 July 1985, Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas has a younger sister named Mariana Colosio Riojas.
In 1994 after his father's assassination in March and his mother's death in November when he was 9 years old and his sister 1 year old.[1] Colosio Riojas and his sister were adopted by their maternal aunt and uncle Hilda Elisa Riojas and Fernando Cantú.[2]
He studied law in the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education and graduated in 2010. He received a postgraduate diploma in Financing and Methods of International Payments, also by ITESM, in 2016. He currently studies a Master's of Legal Studies in Corporate Law in the Universidad de Monterrey
Political career[edit]
Colosio Riojas became the candidate for the IV District of Nuevo León under political party Movimiento Ciudadano in the 2018 statewide elections in which he won with 33.41% of the votes.[3] On 1 September 2018, he assumed office as a member of the LXXV Legislature in the Congress of Nuevo León.[4]
In January 2021, Colosio Riojas registered as a pre-candidate for mayor of Monterrey, Nuevo León for the 2021 elections under the political party Movimiento Ciudadano.[5] He won the election in June with over 47% of the vote in an eight-way race by defeating his nearest opponent by more than 16%.[6][7]
References[edit]
- ^ Gamboa, Fernando (5 December 2019). "Diana Laura, 25 aniversario luctuoso". Lideres Mexicanos.
- ^ Pacheco, Gustavo (23 March 2019). "Esto ha pasado con los hijos de Luis Donaldo Colosio". Milenio.
- ^ "Hijo de Colosio gana diputación en su debut político".
- ^ "Inicia LXXV Legislatura de Nuevo León".
- ^ "Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas va por la Alcaldía de Monterrey". 20 February 2021.
- ^ "Colosio, Vizcaíno, Marina y Cerqueda, las nuevas caras de la política en México". El Financiero/Bloomberg. 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Programa de Resultados Electorales Preliminares 2021 - Elecciones Estatales de Nuevo León". Comisión Estatal Electoral Nuevo León. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
Further reading[edit]
- Castañeda, Jorge G. Perpetuating Power: How Mexican Presidents Were Chosen. New York: The New Press 2000. ISBN 1-56584-616-8
- Krauze, Enrique, Mexico: Biography of Power. New York: HarperCollins 1997. ISBN 0-06-016325-9
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- Living people
- 1985 births
- Mexican people of Italian descent
- Mexican people of Basque descent
- Mexican people of Catalan descent
- Citizens' Movement (Mexico) politicians
- Members of the Congress of Nuevo León
- Municipal presidents of Monterrey
- Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education alumni
- Politicians from Sonora
- 21st-century Mexican politicians
- People from Magdalena de Kino