Jose Francisco Olvera Ruiz
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José Francisco Olvera Ruiz (born June 15, 1956) is a Mexican
Mexico
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 politician
Politician
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 and a member of 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...

. He was 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 Pachuca
Pachuca
Pachuca, formally Pachuca de Soto is the capital of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca de Soto is also the name of the municipality of which the city serves as municipal seat...

 and since April 1st, 2011 is serving as Governor of Hidalgo
Governor of Hidalgo
List of governors of the Mexican state of Hidalgo.*: Matías Rodríguez*: Bartolomé Vargas Lugo*: Ernesto Viveros*: Javier Rojo Gómez*: Otilio Villegas Lora*: José Lugo Guerrero...

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Biography

Francisco Olvera was born on June 15, 1956 in Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo, He completed his studies in laws in the Universidad Autónoma de Hidalgo (Autonomous University of Hidalgo). He has a master's degree
Master's degree
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 in public administration
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 from the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey and the Universidad del Valle de México
Universidad del Valle de México
The Universidad del Valle de México or UVM is a private Mexican university founded in Mexico City in the year 1960. UVM enrolls students at several campuses throughout Mexico, and it holds accreditations from the Mexican Department of Education, COPAES accrediting board, and FIMPES...

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He's married with María Guadalupe Romero Delgado, and has two children, Francisco and Jorge Olvera Romero.

Political career

He was Secretary of Government with the Governor
Governor of Hidalgo
List of governors of the Mexican state of Hidalgo.*: Matías Rodríguez*: Bartolomé Vargas Lugo*: Ernesto Viveros*: Javier Rojo Gómez*: Otilio Villegas Lora*: José Lugo Guerrero...

 Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong
Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong
Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party and was Governor of Hidalgo until April of 2011. He is of Chinese descent.-Political career:...

. He was Deputy of the Congress of Hidalgo from 2002 to 2005 for the I Distrito Electoral Local de Hidalgo (First local electoral district of Hidalgo); from 1999 to 2001 he served as legal coordinator; before, in 1995, he served as director of the general file of notaries in Hidalgo. He served for nine years as director of Cadastre
Cadastre
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 in the entity
States of Mexico
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Municipal President of Pachuca

Francisco Olvera took office as municipal president (mayor) of Pachuca on January 18, 2009. As mayor, he was a founding partner of the association of Municipalities of Hidalgo
Municipalities of Hidalgo
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, association that is affiliated with the national federation of Municipalities of Mexico
Municipalities of Mexico
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.

On April 10, 2010; the Attorney General of the Republic  started a preliminary investigation against him, to receive (according to the denunciation) more than 30 million of pesos
Mexican peso
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 from narcotrafico
Narcotrafico
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, primarily of Los Zetas
Los Zetas
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 group; for his campaign for mayor of Pachuca
Pachuca
Pachuca, formally Pachuca de Soto is the capital of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca de Soto is also the name of the municipality of which the city serves as municipal seat...

. The next day, Olvera ruled out any connection with organized crime
Organized crime
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, and after several investigations, charges against him were dismissed.

Governor Campaign

Francisco Olvera leave as mayor to run for the candidacy of 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) to the government of Hidalgo. On April 7, 2010; he became the candidate of the coalition “Unidos por tí” (Together for you), composed by (PRI), PVEM
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico
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 and New Alliance
New Alliance Party (Mexico)
The New Alliance Party is one of the newest political parties in Mexico.Its creation was proposed by the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación , the largest trade union in Latin America, led by Elba Esther Gordillo, the controversial former general secretary of the Institutional...

 parties.

He won in the elections of July 4, 2010. He was appointed elect-governor on July 11.

On July, 2010, coalition "Hidalgo nos Une" formally filed a complain to the electoral process, which sought to void the elections.

After analyzing the evidence presented by the parties, the Court decided to annul the vote in 32 boxes, the final votes of the election were 876,165. Hidalgo nos Une with its candidate Xóchitl Gálvez has 394,049 votes and Unidos por tí with Olvera has 438,094 votes

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