Quirino Ordaz Coppel (born October 24, 1962) is a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the

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(PRI). He served as the

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of the state of

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from 2017 to 2021. He previously served as a federal deputy for the eighth federal electoral district of Sinaloa from August 29, 2015, to March 1, 2016.SIL: Information on Quirino Ordaz Coppel, LXIII Legislature
/ref> Ordaz Coppel was elected Governor of Sinaloa in 2016 and took office on January 1, 2017.

Early life and education

Ordaz Coppel was born in Mazatlán, where his father, Quirino Ordaz Luna, was a municipal president between 1984 and 1986. At a young age, Ordaz Coppel and his five siblings lost their mother, Maricarmen Coppel, who was killed in a car accident. He received his undergraduate degree in law from the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México and his master's degree in

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from the National Public Administration Institute.

Political career

His political career began in 1985, when he served as an advisor to

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Alfredo Baranda García from 1985 to 1988. From there, Ordaz Coppel became deputy director of coordination and promotion of the Secretary of Energy, Mines and State-Owned Industries. After three years in that office, he performed several tasks for the PRI: he was the financial advisor to

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's presidential campaign, and he presided over the Fundación Colosio in Mazatlán. In 1994, Ordaz Coppel returned to government service by becoming the Director General of Social Protection for the Department of the

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; three years later, he became the first director general of the

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in the nation's capital, though he did not last a full year in the job. From 1998 to 2000, Ordaz Coppel served as the Director General of Promotional Operations for the Secretariat of Tourism, and after that, he spent a year as the deputy director general of promotion for the Mexican Council of Tourism Promotion. In 2001, Ordaz Coppel became a delegate for Banobras in Sinaloa, which marked his first political position in his home state and a shift in his political career. From 2003 to 2004, he served as the treasurer of Mazatlán, and from 2005 to 2010 he filled administrative positions in the state government, first as the deputy secretary of administration (2005–09) and then as the Secretary of Administration and Finances.

Legislative career

In 2015, the PRI and

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(PVEM) ran Ordaz Coppel for the Chamber of Deputies from Sinaloa's eighth district, which included Mazatlán. Ordaz Coppel won a seat traditionally held by the opposition and was designated as a PVEM deputy in the 63rd Congress. During his time as a deputy, Ordaz Coppel was the secretary of the commissions on Tourism, as well as Drinking Water and Sanitation; he also sat on the Budget and Public Accounts Commission.

Gubernatorial election

On January 25, 2016, the PRI in Sinaloa unanimously selected Ordaz Coppel as its gubernatorial candidate, later to be joined by the PVEM and Nueva Alianza. In order to run for governor, Ordaz Coppel stepped aside from the Chamber of Deputies and was replaced by José de Jesús Galindo Rosas, his alternate, effective January 27. In the June 5 elections, Ordaz Coppel and the PRI-PVEM-Nueva Alianza coalition obtained 41.73 percent of the vote and 160,000 more votes than the next closest candidate.

Diplomatic mission

On September 11, 2021, President Andres Manuel López Obrador proposed Ordaz to the post of Ambassador to Spain.

Business

Ordaz Coppel owns the Océano Palace and Luna Palace hotels in Mazatlán, built in 1975 and 1993, respectively.

Personal life

Ordaz Coppel is married to Rosa Isela Fuentes de Ordaz and has two daughters and a son.

References

Living people 1962 births Governors of Sinaloa Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Sinaloa Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Ecologist Green Party of Mexico politicians Mexican people of French descent People from Mazatlán Autonomous University of Mexico State alumni Deputies of the LXIII Legislature of Mexico

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