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Mexican politician
In this
Spanish name
, the first or paternal
surname
is
Rodriguez
and the second or maternal family name is
Vallejo
.
Diego Sinhue Rodriguez Vallejo
(born 15 November 1980) is a
Mexican
politician affiliated with the
National Action Party
(PAN) who is currently the governor of
Guanajuato
. He previously represented his state as a
federal deputy
in the
LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress
.
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Life
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Sinhue was born in
Leon
and received his law degree from the
Universidad De La Salle Bajio
[
es
]
in that city in 2003. He became a PAN member in 2005, sitting on its municipal youth committee and becoming the head of training in the state's third district.
[1]
In 2006, he was elected as a
regidor
on Leon's city council, and in 2010, he was elected to the Guanajuato state congress, serving two years and presiding over the Urban Development and Public Works Commission.
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In 2012, voters in Guanajuato's fifth federal electoral district, which includes portions of Leon, sent Sinhue to the
Chamber of Deputies
for the
LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress
. He was a secretary on the Budget and Public Account Commission and also sat on those dealing with Foreign Relations and Housing;
[1]
during this time, he obtained a master's degree in public administration from the
Universidad de Guanajuato
. On February 17, 2015, Sinhue permanently took leave from the Chamber of Deputies and was tapped by Governor
Miguel Marquez Marquez
to become the Guanajuato state secretary of social and human development.
[2]
He left the post on July 31, 2017, announcing his intention to run for the PAN nomination for
Governor of Guanajuato
.
[3]
[4]
In the 2018 Guanajuato gubernatorial campaign, Sinhue was nominated by the
Por Guanajuato al Frente
coalition, consisting of the PAN,
PRD
and
Movimiento Ciudadano
; he was the only PAN candidate.
[5]
Exit polls on election night showed Sinhue with a double-digit lead over
Ricardo Sheffield
, who ran as the
Juntos Haremos Historia
candidate.
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