Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Moreno and the second or maternal family name is Cárdenas.

Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas
Alejandro Moreno, October 2023
President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party
Assumed office
18 August 2019
Preceded byClaudia Ruiz Massieu
National List Deputy of the Mexican Congress
Assumed office
1 September 2021
In office
1 September 2012 – 2 February 2015
In office
1 September 2003 – 31 August 2006
50th Governor of Campeche
In office
16 September 2015 – 13 July 2019
Preceded byFernando Ortega Bernés
Succeeded byCarlos Miguel Aysa González
Senator for Campeche of the Mexican Congress
In office
1 September 2006 – 31 December 2011
Preceded byAracely Escalante Jasso
Succeeded byÓscar Román Rosas González
Personal details
Born
Rafael Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas

(1975-04-25) 25 April 1975 (age 49)
Campeche, Campeche, Mexico
Political partyInstitutional Revolutionary Party
SpouseChristell Castañón de Moreno
Alma materITES René Descartes
ProfessionLawyer

Rafael Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas (born 25 April 1975) is a Mexican politician who has been the President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 2019.[1] He is best known as "Alito".[2]

Biography and personal life[edit]

He was born on 25 April 1975, in San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche.

He is married to Christelle Castañón, and has two children with her.[3]

He is a Bachelor of Laws, and a graduate of the Institute of Superior Technological Studies René Descartes (ITES René Descartes). He also has a diploma on electoral law, given by the Autonomous University of Campeche.[4]

Political life[edit]

He was Governor of Campeche from September 2015 to July 2019, when he solicited license to run for president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), to which he is affiliated. As of 2013 he served as Deputy of both the LIX and LXII Legislatures of the Mexican Congress as a National List Deputy.[5] He also served as Senator during the LX and LXI Legislatures.[6]

Party trajectory[edit]

He has been an active member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 1991.[7]

During this time, he has occupied the following positions within his party in Campeche: a State Counselor, a Municipal Councilor, President of the Municipal Directive Committee (CDM) of the Popular Revolutionary Youth of the National Confederation of Popular Organizations (CNOP), and President of the State Directive Committee of the Popular Revolutionary Youth of the CNOP. Nationally, he has occupied the following positions: Organization Secretary of the National Executive Committee (CEN, for its acronym in Spanish) of the Revolutionary Youth Front and National Coordinator of the Revolutionary Youth Front of PRI.[8]

In 2019, he was unanimously elected as president of the Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean (COPPPAL) for the 2019-2023 period,[9] though he was reelected for the 2022-2026 period in mid-2022.[10] A reason for why the election was called a year early has not been found.

Administrative trajectory[edit]

In 2002, he was elected as síndico of judicial affairs in the Municipio of Campeche.[7][11]

Business trajectory[edit]

During his term as Governor of Campeche (2015-2019), he acquired several local newspapers, including El Sur, Novedades, El Expreso de Campeche, and the digital news-site webcampeche.com.[12][13] Local newspapers and magazines of Campeche and Veracruz have also pointed out he allegedly bought the TV channel Mayavisión using his brother, Gabriel Emigdio Moreno Cárdenas, as an intermediary.

Controversies[edit]

Amid criticism about mishandling funds during his campaign, on 13 July 2019, Moreno Cárdenas requested to be relieved of his duties as governor so that he could run for president of the PRI and then was elected. The local Congress named Carlos Miguel Aysa González in his place.[14] His tenure as president of his party has been full of controversy,[15] especially due to the audioscandals released by the current Governor of Campeche, Layda Sansores. Although he sought legal protection against the release of more audios, because they were allegedly acquired illegally, Courts in several states have rejected his petitions.Recently, both critics from within his party[16][17] and experts[15] have claimed the hits to his reputation threaten the viability of the coalition Va por México (which includes the National Action Party (PAN), the PRI, and the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD)), and have called for him to resign. Alito has rejected such calls, justifying his decision on the fact that his term as president of the party ends in 2023.[18]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rafael Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas - portada - ADNPolítico.com". 26 September 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  2. ^ Camhaji, Elías (18 August 2022). "La pesadilla televisada de 'Alito' Moreno". El País México (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Ella es la esposa de Alejandro Moreno, nuevo presidente del PRI". Quién (in Spanish). 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Quién es Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas, líder nacional del PRI" (in Mexican Spanish). 25 May 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas". 3 June 2020. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Perfil del legislador". Legislative Information System. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Quién es Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas [PERFIL]". Cuna de Grillos (in Spanish). 28 March 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  8. ^ "SIL - Sistema de Información Legislativa-PopUp Legislador". sil.gobernacion.gob.mx. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Alejandro Moreno fue elegido presidente de la COPPPAL 2019-2023". Excélsior (in Spanish). 28 November 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  10. ^ Político, Redacción Animal (3 June 2022). "Reeligen a Alejandro Moreno como presidente de la COPPPAL". Animal Político (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  11. ^ "¿Quién es Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas?". ADNPolítico (in Spanish). 23 June 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  12. ^ Rodríguez, Carlos de Jesus Rodríguez (19 April 2022). "Van contra actores políticos anti reforma eléctrica". Periodico Veraz (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  13. ^ https://www.pressreader.com/mexico/campeche-hoy/20210726/281805696959456. Retrieved 24 October 2022 – via PressReader. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ^ "Alejandro Moreno pide licencia como gobernador de Campeche para contender por la dirigencia del PRI" [Alejandro Moreno asks for leave of absence as governor of Campeche to run for the leadership of PRI]. Proceso (in Spanish). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  15. ^ a b "Especialistas: escándalos de "Alito" obligan a rectificar la alianza PAN-PRI-PRD". ADNPolítico (in Spanish). 21 July 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  16. ^ "Osorio Chong: Desprestigio de "Alito" pega a Va por México, ya preocupa". ADNPolítico (in Spanish). 2 August 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  17. ^ Staff, Forbes (7 July 2022). "15 exgobernadores priistas exigen renuncia de Alejandro Moreno 'Alito'". Forbes México (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  18. ^ "Sugieren a Alito renunciar; dice que seguirá hasta 2023". El Economista (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2022.
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Campeche
2015–2019 		Succeeded by
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