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Fernando de Jesús Canales Clariond (b. July 21, 1946) is a Mexican politician and businessman affiliated to the National Action Party. He is a former governor of Nuevo León and currently serves as Secretary of Economy in the cabinet of Vicente Fox. July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The National Action Party (Spanish: Partido Acción Nacional), known by the acronym PAN, is a conservative party and one of the three main political parties in Mexico. ... Nuevo León (Spanish for New León, after the former kingdom in Spain) is a state located in north-eastern Mexico. ... Term of office: December 1, 2000 – present Preceded by: Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León Succeeded by: incumbent Date of birth: July 2, 1942 Place of birth: Mexico City Profession: Industrialist First Lady: Marta Sahagún Political Party: National Action Party Vicente Fox Quesada (born July 2, 1942) is the...

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Canales Clariond was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, into an upper-class family of the region. His family had founded Industrias Monterrey, S.A. (IMSA) in the 1930s, nowadays one of the leading business groups in Latin America. This article is about the Mexican city; for other uses, see Monterrey (disambiguation). ... Nuevo León (Spanish for New León, after the former kingdom in Spain) is a state located in north-eastern Mexico. ... // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...


During his youth he briefly considered the Catholic priesthood [1] but finally opted-in for a bachelor's degree in law from the Escuela Libre de Derecho. Later on he received an MBA from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies (ITESM) and specialized in industrial relations at the Institute of Social Studies of The Hague, in the Netherlands. Escuela Libre de Derecho is widely held to be one of the most prestigious law school in Mexico. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ... ITESM is the Intentamos Tener Estudiantes Super Mamones, located in Monterrey, Mexico, also known as the Tec de Monterrey, or simply el Tec. The name is translated into English as the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies. It is the most important business school in Latin America, and is... Arms of The Hague The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: Den Haag, or officially s-Gravenhage) is the administrative capital of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country, in the province South Holland of which it is also the capital. ...


In the private sector Canales Clariond served as chief executive officer and vice president of IMSA and as a member of the board in several companies in the United States, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile and Mexico. Within a corporation, the chief executive officer is the highest-ranking corporate officer or executive. ... A vice president is an officer in government or business who is next in rank below a president. ...


Politically, he is a member of the right-of-center National Action Party (PAN) since 1978. In 1985 he became its candidate for the Nuevo León governorship but lost against the Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI) candidate. Twelve years later he reattempted it and won, becoming the first governor of the PAN in the history of the state. The National Action Party (Spanish: Partido Acción Nacional), known by the acronym PAN, is a conservative party and one of the three main political parties in Mexico. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday 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. ...


As a governor Canales delivered mixed results. He left the post after being invited to the federal cabinet by President Vicente Fox and was appointed Secretary of Economy on January 15, 2003. His former treasurer, Fernando Elizondo Barragán, assumed as interim but eventually his party lost the governorship in the July 2003 elections against Natividad González Parás, his leading opponent six years earlier. January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Mexican state of Nuevo León held an election on Sunday, 6 July 2003. ... José Natividad González Parás (b. ...


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Canales Clariond, como se recordará, destacó el pasado 2 de abril la existencia de instituciones y prácticas políticas poco democráticas en el poblado país asiático.
Canales Clariond ya le había generado numerosos problemas al Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) en Nuevo León, situación que contribuyó a que se le buscara "asilo" en el gabinete presidencial en el contexto electoral del próximo mes de julio donde el blanquiazul enfrenta retos notables.
Canales Clariond, por lo tanto, deberá estar muy agradecido a Sadam Husein y a Fidel Castro por el "efecto distracción" que han producido en esta coyuntura entre el público mexicano.
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