Francisco "Pancho" Búrquez Valenzuela (born 6 June 1958) is a Mexican politician and was member of the National Action Party (PAN) until his resignation in 2018. He is a senator in the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Sonora.[1]

Francisco Búrquez
Member of the Senate
for Sonora
In office
1 September 2012 – 31 August 2018
Preceded byAlfonso Elías Serrano
President of the Urban Development Commission in the Senate
In office
1 September 2012 – 31 August 2018
Preceded byYeidckol Polevnsky
Municipal president of Hermosillo
In office
16 September 2000 – 15 September 2003
Preceded byJorge Eduardo Valencia Juillerat
Succeeded byMaría Dolores del Río
Personal details
Born (1958-06-06) 6 June 1958 (age 66)
Hermosillo, Mexico
Political partyPAN
Alma materInstituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresas
WebsiteOfficial website

Life

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Búrquez in 2015

Búrquez was born in Hermosillo and earned his degree in industrial engineering at Tec de Monterrey, as well as a master's degree in high business administration from the IPADE. In the 1980s and 1990s, he directed various businesses. In 1994, he became president of the Northwest Delegation of COPARMEX.

His political career in the PAN began in 1997. He was elected the municipal president of Hermosillo in 2000.[2] In his three-year term, he was honored with a national anticorruption award from the CIDE. Between 2003 and 2005, he served as president, of the PAN party in the state of Sonora.[1]

He won election to the Senate for the LXII and LXIII Legislatures in 2012. He presides over the Urban Development and Land Use Commission in the Senate and also sits on the Science and Technology, Commerce and Industrial Development, and Energy Commissions.[1]

On 28 August 2018, three days before leaving office, Búrquez renounced the PAN and stated that he no longer identified with any party.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Perfil del legislador" (in Spanish). Legislative Information System. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  2. ^ López, Eduardo (4 May 2019). "Ex alcaldes reflexionarán sobre Hermosillo". El Imparcial (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  3. ^ Delgado, Álvaro (28 August 2018). "El exalcalde de Hermosillo, Francisco Búrquez, renuncia al PAN tras 20 años de militancia". Proceso (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2023.
Preceded by
Jorge Eduardo Valencia Juillerat
Municipal President of Hermosillo, Sonora
2000 - 2003
Succeeded by