Jesús Marcelo de los Santos
Mexican politician
Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Fraga (born December 15, 1948) is a Mexican politician, member of the PAN party, and Governor of the state of San Luis Potosí (2003–2009).
Marcelo de los Santos studied public accounting at Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (UASLP), and has spent most of his life practising his profession in a variety of organizations. He was heavily questioned regarding his involvement in the 1999 bankruptcy of the credit union "UNICRER", where his competence was seriously scrutinized. He was also a soccer player and a lecturer at UASLP.
In 1997 he joined the PAN and was a candidate for governor of San Luis Potosí, losing by a single percentage point. He was municipal president of the capital, also named San Luis Potosí, from 2000 to 2003. In 2003 he ran for governor again, and this time he won the election.
As governor, the state of San Luis Potosi became more industrialized and this can be seen with many new plants like the GM San Luis Potosí Assembly. He also built the new Centro de Convenciones, which is one of the biggest in Mexico. The Museo Laberinto de las Ciencias y de las Artes, an interactive museum for children and teens, was also built during his governorship.
During his period as governor President Felipe Calderon declared war on drugs.
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