José Patrocinio González Blanco Garrido (18 May 1934 – 30 November 2021) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served in both houses of Congress, as governor of Chiapas and as secretary of the interior. He resigned as interior secretary in the aftermath of the 1994 Zapatista uprising.
Patrocinio González Garrido | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of the Interior | |
| In office 4 January 1993 – 10 January 1994 | |
| Governor of Chiapas | |
| In office 8 December 1988 – 4 January 1993 | |
| Senator for Chiapas | |
| In office 1982–1988 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 1967–1970 | |
| Constituency | 6th district of Chiapas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 May 1934 Catazajá, Chiapas, Mexico |
| Died | 30 November 2021 (aged 87) Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Political party | PRI |
Career
editPatrocinio González Garrido was born in Catazajá, Chiapas, in 1934.[1] In 1952, as a student in Mexico City, he decided to support Adolfo Ruiz Cortines's presidential bid and subsequently joined the PRI.[2] He graduated with a law degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1956 and went on to complete a master's at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[3]
During the early 1960s, he held positions in the Secretariat of Communications and Public Works (SCOP), the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP), the Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers (ISSSTE) and the National Lottery.[3]
In the 1967 mid-term election, he was elected to a three-year term in the Chamber of Deputies for the 6th district of Chiapas[4] and, in 1982 he was elected to the Senate for his home state.[1] In 1988 he ran for governor of Chiapas. He won the election, held concurrently with the general election on 6 July, with 89% of the vote on a 50% turnout[5] and was sworn in on 8 December.
González Garrido resigned as governor after four years[3] when, on 4 January 1993, President Carlos Salinas de Gortari[a] appointed him secretary of the interior, replacing Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios. He served in that position until 10 January 1994, when he resigned (or was dismissed)[1] following the uprising of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) that had begun on 1 January.[8] He was replaced by Jorge Carpizo.[9] González Garrido withdrew from political life as a consequence[1] and, in later years, established a zoo, Ecoparque Aluxes, in Palenque, Chiapas.[3]
On 23 December 2020, at the age of 86, he resigned his membership in the PRI, in protest at the party's plan to fight the 2021 mid-terms in coalition with the National Action Party (PAN) and the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). "Ideals must be above electoral aspirations," he said in a letter to the PRI's president, Alejandro Moreno.[2][8]
Patrocinio González Garrido died of cancer in Cancún, Quintana Roo, less than a year later, on 30 November 2021.[1]
Family
editGonzález Garrido's maternal grandfather, Tomás Garrido Canabal, served as governor of Tabasco and interim governor of Yucatán.[1] His father, Salomón González Blanco, was a Supreme Court justice, served 12 years as Secretary of Labour and Social Welfare and was governor of Chiapas in 1977–1979.[8]
In 1960, González Garrido married Patricia Ortiz Mena Salinas, the daughter of Antonio Ortiz Mena,[10] with whom he had four children.[3] Their youngest, Josefa González Blanco Ortiz Mena, served briefly as secretary of the environment (2018–2019) and, in 2021, was appointed ambassador to the United Kingdom.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Fallece Patrocinio González, exgobernador de Chiapas". El Universal. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Patrocinio, actor central en el alzamiento del EZLN, renuncia al PRI". La Silla Rota. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "José Patrocinio gobernó con el imperio de la ley". Cuarto Poder de Chiapas. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Legislatura 47" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Resultados de la elección de gobernador, Chiapas 1988". Centro de Estudios de la Democracia y Elecciones. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021.
- ^ García Soto, Salvador (6 August 2018). "AMLO y su estructura de control". El Universal. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ Hernández López, Julio (27 May 2019). "Astillero". La Jornada. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ a b c "Falleció el exgobernador chiapaneco José Patrocinio González". Proceso. 30 November 2021.
- ^ Carmona Dávila, Doralicia (10 January 1994). "1994: Nombramiento de Manuel Camacho como Comisionado para la Paz en Chiapas". Memoria Política de México. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Patricia y Patrocinio". Cuarto Poder de Chiapas. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "New Ambassador of Mexico to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". Embajada de México en Reino Unido. SRE. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
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