Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Fraga (born December 15, 1948) is a Mexican politician, member of the PAN party, and Governor of the state of San Luis Potosí (2003–2009).
Jesús Marcelo de los Santos | |
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| Governor of San Luis Potosí | |
| In office September 26, 2003 – September 25, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Fernando Silva Nieto |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Toranzo Fernández |
| Personal details | |
| Born | San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí |
| Political party | National Action Party (PAN) |
| Profession | Certified Public Accountant |
Marcelo de los Santos studied public accounting at Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (UASLP), and has spent most of his life practising his profession in a variety of organizations. He was heavily questioned regarding his involvement in the 1999 bankruptcy of the credit union "UNICRER", where his competence was seriously scrutinized.[1] He was also a soccer player and a lecturer at UASLP.[2]
In 1997 he joined the PAN and was a candidate for governor of San Luis Potosí, losing by a single percentage point.[citation needed] He was municipal president of the capital, also named San Luis Potosí, from 2000 to 2003. In 2003 he ran for governor again, and this time he won the election.
As governor, the state of San Luis Potosi became more industrialized and this can be seen with many new plants like the GM San Luis Potosí Assembly. He also built the new Centro de Convenciones, which is one of the biggest in Mexico. The Museo Laberinto de las Ciencias y de las Artes, an interactive museum for children and teens, was also built during his governorship.
During his period as governor President Felipe Calderon declared war on drugs. Despite increasing violence in most parts of Mexico during the years 2006-2009 the state of San Luis Potosi remained one of the safest states in Mexico and one of the least affected by drug violence. His term ended in 2009 and Fernando Toranzo Fernandez became governor of San Luis Potosi.
Power Abuse Controversy
editIn 2022, a big controversy arose as still having power and having control of his home state Fiscal, as one of his grandsons Marcelo de los Santos Pizzuto was accused of raping women across different states without confronting justice after multiple lawsuits were brought up in their home state of San Luis Potosi. It was until a different state Fiscal took action on such lawsuits and the grandson of Marcelo de los Santos Fraga was finally arrested in San Luis Potosi and transported to state prison in Cereso Las Cruces in Acapulco, state of Guerrero, where he faces multiple charges of rape.
Evelina Ramírez Venegas, control judge of the Judicial Power of the state of Guerrero, ordered preventive detention against De Los Santos Pizzuto.[3]
Cabinet
edit| OFFICE | NAME | TERM |
| Governor | Jesús Marcelo de los Santos | 2003– |
| Government General Secretary | Alfonso José Castillo Machuca | |
| General Attorney | Francisco Martin Camberos Hernández | |
References
edit- ^ "La Jornada San Luis > Política y Sociedad". Archived from the original on 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- ^ "Marcelo de los Santos UASLP" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- ^ "Dictan prisión preventiva por violación a nieto de exgobernador panista en SLP". El Financiero (in Spanish). 27 August 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-30.