Benjamín Clariond
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Benjamín Clariond Reyes-Retana is a Mexican
politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party
(PRI) who has served as federal deputy, municipal president
(mayor) of Monterrey
and as interim governor of the State of Nuevo León
after the distitution of Sócrates Rizzo
.
In 2006 he ran for municipal president
(mayor) of San Pedro Garza García
losing against the PAN
candidate Fernando Margáin
.
Clariond is the grandson of French
immigrant Jacques Antoine Clariond
(also known as "Santiago Antonio Clariond") founder of Industrias Monterrey. He has served as general director of IMSATEC.
He is also brother to Santiago Clariond Reyes-Retana ( former CEO of IMSA STEEL). Santiago is now Chairman and President of Orquest Investments, company he founded along his sons Santiago Clariond Lozano and Juan Eugenio Clariond Lozano. Orquest Investments is a widely diverse conglomerate investing in real state, finance and the fast-food restaurant industry.
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party
Institutional Revolutionary Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that held power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution , making Mexico one of the few...
(PRI) who has served as federal deputy, municipal president
Municipal president
A presidente municipal is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. The position is comparable to the county executive of a county in the United States or to the mayor of a city in the United States, although the jurisdiction of a presidente municipal includes not only a city but the...
(mayor) of Monterrey
Monterrey
Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...
and as interim governor of the State of Nuevo León
Nuevo León
Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...
after the distitution of Sócrates Rizzo
Sócrates Rizzo
Sócrates Cuauhtémoc Rizzo García is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party . He is a former federal Congressman , mayor of Monterrey and former governor of Nuevo León Rizzo García is the son of Neftalí Rizzo Rizzo and Jovita García Decanini...
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In 2006 he ran for municipal president
Municipal president
A presidente municipal is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. The position is comparable to the county executive of a county in the United States or to the mayor of a city in the United States, although the jurisdiction of a presidente municipal includes not only a city but the...
(mayor) of San Pedro Garza García
San Pedro Garza García
San Pedro Garza García is a city-municipality of the Mexican state of Nuevo León and is part of Monterrey's Metropolitan Area, based on the suburban North American model...
losing against the PAN
National Action Party (Mexico)
The National Action Party , is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. The party's political platform is generally considered Centre-Right in the Mexican political spectrum. Since 2000, the President of Mexico has been a member of this party; both houses have PAN pluralities, but the...
candidate Fernando Margáin
Fernando Margáin
Fernando Margáin Berlanga is a Mexican politician from the State of Nuevo León affiliated to the National Action Party who has served in the upper house of the Mexican Congress....
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Clariond is the grandson of French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
immigrant Jacques Antoine Clariond
Jacques Antoine Clariond
Santiago Antonio Clariond Desdier was a Mexican businessman.Clariond founded Industrias Monterrey in 1936 as Centro Mercantil de Monterrey...
(also known as "Santiago Antonio Clariond") founder of Industrias Monterrey. He has served as general director of IMSATEC.
He is also brother to Santiago Clariond Reyes-Retana ( former CEO of IMSA STEEL). Santiago is now Chairman and President of Orquest Investments, company he founded along his sons Santiago Clariond Lozano and Juan Eugenio Clariond Lozano. Orquest Investments is a widely diverse conglomerate investing in real state, finance and the fast-food restaurant industry.