Aristóteles Sandoval
Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz (22 January 1974 – 18 December 2020) was a Mexican politician belonging to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as Governor of Jalisco from 2013 to 2018.
Aristóteles Sandoval | |
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| Governor of Jalisco | |
| In office 1 March 2013 – 5 December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Emilio González Márquez |
| Succeeded by | Enrique Alfaro Ramírez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz 22 January 1974 Guadalajara, Jalisco |
| Died | 18 December 2020 (aged 46) Puerto Vallarta, Mexico |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Political party | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| Spouse(s) | Lorena Arriaga |
On 18 December 2020 he was assassinated in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco.[1]
Education and personal life
Aristóteles Sandoval was the son of Leonel Sandoval and Sagrario Díaz. His father was a magistrate for the Supreme Court of Justice of the State of Jalisco.[2]
He completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Guadalajara.[3] He also has a degree in law from the University of Guadalajara and a master's degree in politics and public development from the Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education.
He was the head of the University of Guadalajara student organization, the Federation of University Students (FEU) and directed the PRI youth organization, the Revolutionary Youth Front (FJR) of Guadalajara.[4]
Political activity
Between 2001 and 2003, he was an alderman for the City of Guadalajara and a member of the Edilicias Commissions of Justice (as president), Sports and Youth Care (president), Finance and Budget, and Urban Development. As an alderman, he proposed the creation of the Municipal Institute of Youth Care.
In 2003, he was elected as a state delegate for District XI of Guadalajara, presiding over the Commission of Finance and Budget for the LVII Congress of Jalisco. He held this position until 2006. After that, he was the PRI's 2006 mayoral candidate for Guadalajara, but declined in favor of Leobardo Alcalá Padilla.
Municipal President of Guadalajara
In the 2009 Jalisco state elections, he won the municipal presidency of Guadalajara for the term lasting from 2010 to 2012. He competed against Jorge Salinas Osornio of the National Action Party (PAN). The city has now been governed by the PRI for three consecutive terms. At age 35, he became the youngest municipal president to have governed the city of Guadalajara.
Gubernatorial election
On 11 January 2012, Aristóteles Sandoval requested to leave the municipal presidency in order to register himself as a gubernatorial candidate for the state of Jalisco. He ran on behalf of a coalition formed by the PRI and the Mexican Green Party, called Compromiso por Jalisco. The city council appointed Jesús Ayón López as interim municipal president in his place. In this way, he competed in the 2012 Jalisco state elections against candidates Enrique Alfaro Ramírez of the Partido Movimiento Ciudadano, Fernando Garza Martínez of the Party of the Democratic Revolution, Fernando Guzmán Pérez Peláez of the National Action Party and María de los Ángeles Martínez Valdivia of the New Alliance Party. The campaign began on 30 March 2012.
The election was conducted on 1 July 2012. The results provided by the Programa de Resultados Preliminares (PREP) declared Sandoval the winner with 98% of the votes counted and a margin of 4 percentage points over the closest contender, Enrique Alfaro Ramírez. Regardless, the election results were challenged by the Movimiento Ciudadano party, but the challenge was dismissed by the Jalisco Electoral Tribunal, ratifying the election of Sandoval as governor. As a consequence, on 8 July 2012, Sandoval received certification on behalf of the Instituto Electoral and from Participación Ciudadana, declaring him as governor elect.
Gubernatorial term
On 1 March 2013, Sandoval was sworn into office, officially assuming the governorship of Jalisco.[5]
Assassination
On 18 December 2020, Sandoval had dinner at the Distrito 5 restaurant in the centre of Puerto Vallarta with three other people. During that time, Sandoval was shot and critically injured from behind in the restaurant bathroom. After the shooting, his two bodyguards took him out to reach hospital. Other gunmen appeared and opened fire, killing Sandoval and wounding one of the bodyguards.[6][7][8]
A march demanding the liberation of two women who had been arrested on 30 December 2020 for covering up the crime scene was organized on social media in Jalisco.[9]
See also
- List of mayors of Guadalajara
References
- "Former Mexican governor of Jalisco killed in attack". Reuters. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- "Integración del Supremo Tribunal de Justicia del Estado de Jalisco". Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- Gutiérrez Franco, Laura. "Conociendo a Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval". Axópolis. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- "Perfil de Aristóteles Sandoval". El Informador. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- Ramírez, Zaira. "Toma protesta Aristóteles como gobernador de Jalisco". El Informador. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- Mexico violence: Security raised in Puerto Vallarta after ambush
- Tomas Bravo (18 December 2020). "Ex-governor of cartel-ravaged Mexican state gunned down in beach resort". Reuters. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- "¿Qué sabemos del asesinato del exgobernador de Jalisco, Aristóteles Sandoval?". El Universal (in Spanish). 18 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- Reza M., Gloria (9 January 2021). "Marcharán para exigir liberación de detenidas por caso Aristóteles Sandoval". proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Proceso. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Emilio González Márquez |
Governor of Jalisco 2012–2018 |
Succeeded by Enrique Alfaro Ramírez |