Miguel Ángel Yunes Márquez (born 4 May 1976) is a Mexican politician. In the 2024 general election he was elected to the Senate for the state of Veracruz. Formerly affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN), he was expelled on 11 September 2024 for voting against the party line in a crucial Senate vote for the 2024 Mexican judicial reform, with the PAN accusing him of having "betraying the country".[1]
Political career
editYunes Márquez was born in Xalapa, Veracruz, in 1976. He studied business management at the University of Miami in the United States.[2]
He was elected to the Congress of Veracruz for the 2004–2007 session and served two terms (2008–2010 and 2014–2017) as municipal president of Boca del Río, Veracruz.[2] In 2018 he ran for governor of Veracruz for a PAN-led coalition but was defeated by Cuitláhuac García of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).[3] In 2021 he filed to contend for the municipal presidency of Veracruz but his candidacy was ruled invalid for failing to meet the three-year residency requirement.[4]
He ran for the Senate in the 2024 election as the lead candidate of the Fuerza y Corazón por México coalition (PAN, PRI and PRD) and was elected as Veracruz's third ("first minority") senator for the 66th and 67th sessions of Congress (2024–2030).[5][2]
On 10 September 2024, as the Senate was preparing to discuss the controversial 2024 judicial reform bill, Yunes Márquez requested temporary leave from his seat on health grounds. His alternate, his father Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares, was sworn in for the duration of his absence.[6] Later the same day, however, Yunes Márquez returned to his seat and announced that he would break with his party and vote for the reform package.[7] In response, both father and son were expelled from the PAN the following day "for betraying the country with their vote".[1]
Personal life
editYunes Márquez is the son of Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares, who was governor of Veracruz from 2016 to 2018.[8] He is married to Patricia Lobeira Rodríguez, with whom he has three children and who replaced him in his thwarted 2021 bid for the municipal presidency of Veracruz and ultimately won the election.[9][10] His brother, Fernando Yunes Márquez, has been a senator and the municipal president of Veracruz.[8]
His cousin José Francisco Yunes Zorrilla was also a candidate in the 2018 gubernatorial election.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b Terreros, Brenda (11 September 2024). "Miguel Ángel Yunes Márquez y su padre son expulsados del PAN tras votar a favor de la reforma judicial de AMLO". Infobae. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "Perfil: Sen. Miguel Ángel Yunes Márquez, LXVI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "Cuitláhuac García vence en Veracruz". El Economista. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Zavaleta, Noé (19 May 2021). "Tribunal Electoral "tumba" candidatura de Yunes Márquez a la alcaldía de Veracruz". Proceso. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "Senadurías: Veracruz". Cómputos Distritales 2024. Instituto Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Cortés, Juan Carlos (10 September 2024). "Reforma judicial: Miguel Ángel Yunes Márquez pide licencia para separarse del cargo". Proceso. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "Senador Yunes Márquez respalda la reforma judicial". Forbes México. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ a b Badillo, Diego (9 September 2024). "Miguel Ángel Yunes Márquez: el hombre más buscado del día". El Economista. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "Confirman triunfo de panista Patricia Lobeira en alcaldía de Veracruz". La Jornada. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ a b Torres Vargas, César Eduardo (27 March 2024). "Cuántos miembros de la familia Yunes han estado en los últimos años en cargos públicos y en la política nacional". Infobae. Retrieved 10 September 2024.