Jesús Murillo Karam

Jesús Murillo Karam
Jesús Murillo Karam
Attorney General of Mexico
	In office; 4 December 2012 – 27 February 2015
President	Enrique Peña Nieto
Preceded by	Marisela Morales
Succeeded by	Arely Gómez González
President of the Chamber of Deputies
	In office; 1 September 2012 – 4 December 2012
Preceded by	Óscar Martín Arce Paniagua
Succeeded by	Francisco Arroyo Vieyra
Governor of Hidalgo
	In office; April 1, 1993 – October 28, 1998
Preceded by	Adolfo Lugo
Succeeded by	Humberto Lugo Gil
Personal details
Born	March 2, 1948; Real del Monte, Hidalgo
Nationality	Mexican
Political party	Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
Alma mater	Autonomous University of Hidalgo State

Jesús Murillo Karam (born March 2, 1947) is a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).[1] He served as governor of the state of Hidalgo from 1993 to 1998. In 1998 he became Undersecretary of Public Security and then joined the campaign of Francisco Labastida for President of Mexico in the year 2000. He is of Lebanese[2][3][4] descent.

In 2006 he was elected senator for his state and in February 2007 as secretary general of his party with Beatriz Paredes as president. He was president of the Commission of Interior in the Mexican Senate. In September 2012, he was elected member of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress as the President of the Chamber of Deputies. He later resigned this position to become Attorney General of Mexico.

He became Attorney General of Mexico (PGR) on 4 December 2012 and resigned on February 27, 2015, to head another Secretary.[5]

Political offices
Preceded by Gerardo Sosa Castelán	Senator in the LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress 2006—2009*	Succeeded by Roberto Pedraza Martínez (interim)
Preceded by Adolfo Lugo	Governor of Hidalgo 1993—1998	Succeeded by Humberto Lugo Gil

* Requested a license to leave his post to serve as secretary general of his party.

References

Grayson, George W. (2010). Mexico: narco-violence and a failed state?. Transaction Publishers. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-4128-1151-4. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2014-09-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Torres, Manuel (4 December 2012). "Jesús Murillo Karam es ratificado por el Senado como nuevo procurador". CNNMéxico (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2012.

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[Grayson2010-1] Grayson, George W. (2010). Mexico: narco-violence and a failed state?. Transaction Publishers. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-4128-1151-4. Retrieved 24 April 2011.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2014-09-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] Torres, Manuel (4 December 2012). "Jesús Murillo Karam es ratificado por el Senado como nuevo procurador". CNNMéxico (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2012.