Jaime Rodríguez Calderón
Jaime Rodríguez Calderón | |
|---|---|
Rodríguez Calderón in 2015 | |
| Governor of Nuevo León | |
| In office 2 July 2018 – 3 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Manuel Florentino González Flores (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Samuel García Sepúlveda |
| In office 4 October 2015 – 31 December 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Florentino González Flores (interim) |
| Mayor of García | |
| In office 1 November 2009 – 31 October 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Guadalupe Alejandra Valadez Arrambide |
| Succeeded by | Jesus Hernández Martínez |
| Member of the Congress of Nuevo León from the 10th district | |
| In office 1 November 1997 – 31 October 2000 | |
| Succeeded by | Armando Ramírez Anguiano |
| Member of the Congress of the Union from Nuevo León's 5th district | |
| In office 1 November 1991 – 31 October 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Eleazar Bazaldúa Bazaldúa |
| Succeeded by | Jesús Siller Rojas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jaime Heliodoro Rodríguez Calderón 28 December 1957 Ejido Pablillo, Nuevo León, Mexico |
| Political party | Independent (2014–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Institutional Revolutionary Party (1980–2014) |
| Spouses |
Adalina Dávalos Martínez
(m. 2006) |
| Children | 6 |
| Education | Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon (BS) |
Jaime Heliodoro Rodríguez Calderón (born 28 December 1957), sometimes referred to by his nickname "El Bronco", is a Mexican politician. He served as the Governor of Nuevo León from 2015 to 2021 and was a candidate in the 2018 presidential election.
Born in Ejido Pablillo, Galeana, Nuevo León, Rodríguez earned a degree in agricultural engineering at the UANL. He joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in 1980 and served as a federal deputy from 1991 to 1994, local deputy from 1997 to 2000, and mayor of García, Nuevo León from 2009 to 2012, where he was best known for his hard-line stance against organized crime. In 2014, Rodríguez left the PRI and participated in the 2015 gubernatorial election as an independent candidate, receiving half the votes and becoming the first independent candidate to win a governorship in Mexico.
In 2017, he requested a temporary leave of absence from the governorship to become an independent candidate in the 2018 presidential election. He lost to Andrés Manuel López Obrador, only attaining 5% of the popular vote.