Emilio González Márquez

Emilio González Márquez (b. November 12, 1960 in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco) is a Mexican politician affiliated to the National Action Party (PAN). He is the current Governor of Jalisco.

Personal life and education

González was born to Bernardo González Gómez Portugal and Ofelia Márquez. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG). In 1983 he married Imelda Guzmán de León; the couple have three children.

Political career

González was an active member of the Mexican Democratic Party (PDM) in his native Jalisco; he served as municipal president (mayor) of Lagos de Moreno representing the PDM (1980–1982). He resigned to the PDM in 1988.

In 1992 González joined the National Action Party (PAN) and secured a seat in the Chamber of Deputies via the proportional representation. From 1995 to 1997 he served as Regidor of the municipality of Guadalajara. In 1997 he was elected to serve in the LVII Legislature of the Mexican Congress. González presided the PAN in the State of Jalisco from 1999 to 2002. In 2004 he was elected municipal president of Guadalajara; he left the position in 2005 seeking his party nomination for the governorship of Jalisco; he won his party's internal bid with 55.17% of the votes.

Controversy

He has recently been the target of criticism due to his known stance against condoms. His quote ""El sida se da por la promiscuidad; no se da por no usar condones" ("AIDS is the result of promiscuity; Not the result of not using condoms") has been harshly criticized by the media and other politicians. (see link : http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2007/08/08/gonzalez-marquez-el-sida-se-da-por-promiscuidad " when some PAN state legislators where caught by a journalist outside a Table dance club and the legislators inmediately denied they where inside the club policemen helped them to go to their cars, the governor said "well some people go to srtrippers clubs and some of us read the bible"

See also

• Jalisco state election, 2006