Juan Sabines Guerrero

Juan José Sabines Guerrero (born August 20, 1968) is a Mexican politician, son of the former Governor of Chiapas, Juan Sabines Gutiérrez and nephew of the writer Jaime Sabines, until 2006 he was member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) that carried him to be Municipal President of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, but renounced his membership to the PRI after the party denied him the chance to be a candidate for governor and asked him to finish his term as municipal president. He then became a candidate of the Coalition for the Good of All, composed by the parties PRD, PT and Convergence. He was consul of Mexico in Orlando from June 2015 to December 2018. He studied Political Sciences and Public Administration at the Universidad Iberoamericana, as well as a Diploma in Protection Within the Framework of Consular Diplomacy at Instituto Matias Romero, a Seminar in Update Finance at University of California Berkeley and studies in Foreign Affairs at UNAM.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sabines and the second or maternal family name is Guerrero.
Juan Sabines

Governor of Chiapas
In office
December 8, 2006 – December 7, 2012
Preceded byPablo Salazar
Succeeded byManuel Velasco Coello
Personal details
Born
Juan José Sabines Guerrero

(1968-08-20) August 20, 1968
Tepetlaoxtoc de Hidalgo, State of Mexico
Nationality Mexican
Political partyNone
Spouse(s)Isabel Aguilera
ResidenceTuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas
Alma materUniversidad Iberoamericana
ProfessionPolitical Sciences
WebsiteGovernment of Chiapas

Achievements

Against Poverty
  • As governor, Chiapas left the first place in extreme poverty to become the 3rd state in the country, whereas 72 thousand people stopped being in extreme poverty.

Environment
  • Opened the first ever Bio-Diesel plant in Mexico, as well as the first line of public transportation with Bio-Diesel in the country, used as transportation for all Heads of State and Ambassadors in the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 16) in Cancun, Mexico, in 2010.
  • Achieved the 1st ever commercial flight with Bioturbosina (airplane fuel with Bio-Diesel), made with Jatropha Curcas Tree, from Mexico City to Tuxtla Gutierrez in 2011.

Sustainable Development
  • Invented and founded in Chiapas the 1st ever "Ciudad Rural Sustentable" (Sustainable Rural City), based on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals , in 2009, called "Nuevo Juan del Grijalva". There were 4 total Sustainable Rural Cities founded during his Government in Chiapas.
  • Invented the program "Reconversion Productiva", to change the clearing, lumbering and burning practices in Chiapas, in order to harvest fruit trees for the indigenan mountain habitats. Such program reduced forest fires, reforested trees, produced foods and improved their income.

Civil Protection
  • Founded the 1st ever disaster protection school, for prevention of hurricanes, slides and earthquakes. It's located in the old airport of Ocozocoautla, Chiapas.

Education
  • Opened 14 university campuses while governor of Chiapas.

Diplomacy
  • As consul, for 3 years he organized the Sheriff Academy for Crime Prevention in Spanish at the Consulate of Mexico in Orlando, with an attendance of over 300 people from 7 different countries.
  • Helped in the agreement of Saint Petersburg, Florida and Isla Mujeres, Mexico of being sister cities.

See also
Preceded by
Victoria Rincón		 Municipal President of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
2004–2006		 Succeeded by
Rosario Pariente
Preceded by
Pablo Salazar		 Governor of Chiapas
2006–2012		 Succeeded by
Manuel Velasco Coello


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