President Felipe Calderon Preceded by Javier Usabiaga | Succeeded by Enrique Martinez Name Francisco Mayorga Preceded by Alberto Cardenas Succeeded by Alberto Cardenas | |
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Education Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education Born 17 April 1951 (age 70), Guadalajara, Mexico Similar Enrique Molina Sobrino, Sergio García de Alba, Eugenio López Alonso | ||
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Francisco Javier Mayorga Castañeda (born on 17 April 1951) is a Mexican businessman and politician who serves as Secretary of Agriculture in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón since 7 September 2009. He has previously served in the same post from 28 September 2005 to 30 November 2006 in the administration of President Vicente Fox.
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Entrevista con Francisco Javier Mayorga Castañeda
Early years
Mayorga was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco into a family of eight brothers devoted to grain trade in the Western part of the country. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Economics from the Autonomous Institute of Technology of Mexico (ITAM) and completed a master's degree in Business Administration at the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) before presiding several business chambers in his native state.
As Secretary of Agriculture
Mayorga was appointed Secretary of Agriculture for the first time in the administration of President Vicente Fox. His second appointment, in the cabinet of Felipe Calderón, was criticised by Greenpeace for his alleged continuous support to genetically modified food trading within the country.