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Jesus Vizcarra Calderón

Mexican politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionApr 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ5930775 ↗
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Jesus Vizcarra Calderon (born 17 March 1960) is a Mexican businessman and politician.

Biography

Born in Culiacán, Sinaloa. Vizcarra graduated from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa. Between 20 and 42 years old, he led various business organizations, getting to chair the National Agricultural Council and served on the Executive Committee of the Business Council for 4 years. Between 1998 and 2002 he chaired the Mexican Association of Feedlot Cattle.

In 1971, he began working with Sukarne, Formerly known as Viz Group, a company founded by his parents in 1969.

In 2003, his family established Salud Digna, a nonprofit institution that has installed 33 centers for prevention and early diagnosis in Querétaro, Durango, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Coahuila, Jalisco, Sonora, Baja California, Guanajuato, Puebla, Aguascalientes, Mexico City and Los Angeles, California, the latter being the first Mexican clinic to provide these services to the Latino community. Today it is the most important institution of social health in Mexico, and in 2014 it will serve more than 3 million people.

Business Biography

Very young, Jesus joined the family business, Corrales Vizcarra, as auxiliary cattle marketing and channel. In 1980 he was responsible for the general management and, from 1985 took the Chair and Department of the company, under his command that has evolved into Sukarne.

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Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1960, 1998, 2002, 1971—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1960-03-17. For this dossier, Jesus, Vizcarra and Calderón is the immediate research focus.
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