Eduardo Bours

José Eduardo Robinson Bours Castelo (b. December 17, 1956 in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora) is a Mexican businessman and the current governor of Sonora. December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ciudad Obregón (also known simply as Obregón) is the second largest city in the northern Mexican state of Sonora and is situated 576 km south of Mexicos border with the U.S. state of Arizona at 27° 29′ 38″ N 109° 56′ 20″ W. It is also... Sonora is a state in northwestern Mexico, bordering the states of Chihuahua to the east, Sinaloa to the south, and Baja California to the northwest. ... A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit-oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ...

He is a member of the Robinson Bours family of entrepeneurs and politicians. Eduardo is married to Lourdes Laborín, and has four children with her (Lourdes, Mario Alfredo, Lorena and Eduardo).

Biography

He graduated from ITESM with a degree in Industrial Engineering and Systems Engineering at the Monterrey campus. His four uncles founded and own Bachoco, a company dedicated to the production of eggs and chicken and pork meats. He worked for Bachoco from 1980 to 1992. After which he served as president of the Consejo Nacional Agropecuario (the National Agricultural Conference) from 1992 to 1994. In 1994 he formed part of negotiations of the North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as negotiator and representative of the private sector. In the same year he was invited to preside the board of directors of Fresh Fresh Del Monte Produce NV until December 1996. He as president of the Consejo Coordinador Empresarial (CCE, Coordination Council of Entrepreneurs). He was elected senator for Sonora for the term 2000 to 2006 but he left this position to campaign for governor in 2003. In 2003 he was elected as the 70th governor of Sonora, representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and replacing Armando López Nogales. ITESM Main Building (Rectoría) and mural ITESM is the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, also known as the Tec de Monterrey, or simply el Tec. Originated in Monterrey, Mexico, it has currently over 30 satellite locations throughout the country. ... Industrial engineering is the engineering discipline that concerns the design, development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, knowledge, equipment, energy, material and process. ... Systems engineering (or systems design engineering) as a field originated around the time of World War II. Large or highly complex engineering projects, such as the development of a new airliner or warship, are often decomposed into stages and managed throughout the entire life of the product or system. ... This article is about the Mexican city; for other uses, see Monterrey (disambiguation). ... A carton of free-range chicken eggs Ostrich egg Bird eggs are a common food source. ... Binomial name Gallus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758) A chicken (Gallus gallus) is a type of domesticated bird which is often raised as a type of poultry. ... Hormel Pork Loin Filets Roasted pork knuckle This article is on meat. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The North American Free Trade Agreement, known usually as NAFTA, links Canada, the United States, and Mexico in a free trade sphere. ... The private sector of a nations economy consists of those entities which are not controlled by the state - i. ... A board of directors, also called board of trustees, board of governors, board of managers, or board of curators, is a group of individuals who govern the affairs of a corporation. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Senate (Spanish: Cámara de Senadores or Senado) is the upper house of Mexicos bicameral Congress. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Institutional Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI) is a Mexican political party that wielded hegemonic power in the country – under a succession of names – for more than 70 years. ...

Board member

He has been a member of the boards of directors of the following organizations:

Corporations

• Bachoco
• Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV)
• Fresh Del Monte Produce
• Grupo Azucarero Mexicano (GAM)
• Hérdez
• Nacional Financiera (NAFIN)

The Bolsa Mexicana de Valores or BMV is Mexicos main stock exchange. ...

Non-profit

• Pronatura

Government

• Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior (Bancomext)
• Comisión Mixta para la Promoción de Exportaciones (COMPEX)
• Fondo de Capitalización e Inversión del Sector Rural (FOCIR)

Industry

• Corporación Mexicana de Restaurantes
• Unión Nacional de Avicultores
• Unión Nacional de Producción de Cerdos

See also

• List of Mexican state governors
• Robinson Bours

The United Mexican States ( Mexico) is a federal republic comprising 31 states and one federal district (the Mexican Federal District, or Distrito Federal). ...

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Eduardo Bours

• Biography on the State of Sonora website.