Eduardo Bours

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name= José Eduardo Robinson Bours Castelo
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office=Governor of Sonora
term_start =September 13 2003
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predecessor = Armando López Nogales
successor = Incumbent
birth_date = birth date and age|1956|12|17
birth_place= Ciudad Obregón, Sonora
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spouse= Lourdes Laborín
alma_mater= Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
profession=Industrial Engineer
party = Institutional Revolutionary Party
religion=Roman Catholic
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José Eduardo Robinson Bours Castelo (b. December 17 1956 in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora) is a Mexican businessman and is currently serving as the Governor of Sonora under the Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI. He is well known for all the advances in the state of Sonora. Before being elected governor, he served as Senator representing his state in the Mexican Senate. In 2003, he won the primary election with 51% of the votes. Later he was elected Governor of his state in July, 2003. His term ends in 2009 without the possibility of reelection. (The Sonora Constitution does not provide for reelection of governors).

He has been recognized as "World Leader of Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum.

He has been accused to be related to drugs groups and let them work in the corridor Sonora-Arizona

He is a member of the Robinson Bours family of entrepreneurs and politicians. Eduardo is married to Lourdes Laborín, and has four children with her (Lourdes, Mario Alfredo, Lorena and Eduardo).

Biography

He graduated from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education with a degree in Industrial Engineering and Systems Engineering at the Monterrey campus. His four uncles founded and own Bachoco, a company dedicated to the production of eggs and chicken and pork meats. He worked for Bachoco from 1980 to 1992. After which he served as president of the Consejo Nacional Agropecuario (the National Agricultural Conference) from 1992 to 1994. In 1994 he formed part of negotiations of the North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as negotiator and representative of the private sector. In the same year he was invited to preside the board of directors of Fresh Fresh Del Monte Produce NV until December 1996. He was president of the Consejo Coordinador Empresarial (CCE, Coordination Council of Entrepreneurs). He was elected senator for Sonora for the term 2000 to 2006 but he left this position to campaign for governor in 2003. In 2003 he was elected as the 70th governor of Sonora, representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and replacing Armando López Nogales.

Board member

He has been a member of the boards of directors of the following organizations:

Corporations

*Bachoco
*Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV)
*Fresh Del Monte Produce
*Grupo Azucarero Mexicano (GAM)
*Hérdez

Non-profit

*Pronatura

Government

*Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior (Bancomext)
*Nacional Financiera (NAFIN)
*Comisión Mixta para la Promoción de Exportaciones (COMPEX)
*Fondo de Capitalización e Inversión del Sector Rural (FOCIR)

Industry

*Corporación Mexicana de Restaurantes
*Unión Nacional de Avicultores
*Unión Nacional de Producción de Cerdos

ee also

*List of Mexican state governors
*Robinson Bours

References

*es icon [http://www.sonora.gob.mx/portal/Runscript.asp?p=ASPpg279.asp Biography on the State of Sonora website] .