Name Jaime Calderon | ||
Preceded by Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz Born December 28, 1957 (age 66)
Ejido Pablillo, Galeana, Nuevo Leon, Mexico ( 1957-12-28 ) Political party Political independent; previously affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) | ||
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Jaime Heliodoro Rodriguez Calderon (born 28 December 1957 in Galeana, Nuevo Leon), sometimes referred to by his nickname El Bronco, is the Governor of the northern state of Nuevo Leon. He is the first independent candidate to have won a governorship in Mexico. He served as mayor of Garcia, Nuevo Leon (2009–2012) as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), and was best known for his hard-line stance against organized crime. Rodriguez won the 2015 race for Governor as an independent candidate on June 7, 2015, winning half the vote for the election compared to his traditional party competitors, who split the remainder of the votes. He will serve as governor until 2021.
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Early life
Jaime Heliodoro Rodriguez Calderon was born on December 28, 1957, in Pablillo Ejido, a municipality of Galeana, Nuevo Leon. He was the fourth of ten children born to Lichita Calderon and Rodolfo Rodriguez.
Rodriguez attended primary school at Squadron 201 in Ejido Pablillo. He attended secondary school at Miguel Hidalgo in Galeana.
Rodriguez majored in Agricultural Engineering in the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon and graduated in 1982. According to Jaime, this was made possible by Don Protacio Rodriguez, owner of Transportes Tamaulipas (now Senda Group). Don Protacio gave Rodriguez a card that allowed him to travel to Monterrey for his studies. Toward the end of his studies he performed a symbolic strike at the university, calling on governor Alfonso Martinez Dominguez to increase support for public transportation. After the strike, and with the support of the governor, he established a scholarship for poor students struggling to pay for their education.
Upon graduation, he joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party and worked for Governor Dominguez.
Career
Rodriguez was a member of the PRI for 33 years and served as a federal deputy in 1992, local MP in 1997, and Mayor of Garcia.
During his term as mayor of Garcia, Rodriguez was the target of violent attacks. The 2013 El Bronco sin Miedo ('The Bronco Without Fear') recounted the attacks.
In the 2015 election, Rodriguez ran against Ivonne Alvarez (PRI) and Felipe Cantu (PAN). He first expressed an interest in running as an independent candidate on 3 December 2014. By the second week of January his supporters collected 150,000 signatures, exceeding the 103,000 required to meet the 3% of the population minimum for independent candidates to get on the ballot. By February he had more than 334,000 signatures. Election authorities officially added his name on 2 March.