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{{Short description|Mexican politician}}

'''Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez''' (b. [[April 4]], [[1958]]) is a [[Mexico|Mexican]] politician affiliated to the conservative [[National Action Party (Mexico)|National Action Party]].

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{{family name hatnote|Cárdenas |Jiménez|lang=Spanish}}

[[imageImage:Alberto_CardenasAlberto Cardenas.jpg|right|thumb|Alberto Cárdenas]]

'''Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez''' (born April 4, 1958) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the conservative [[National Action Party (Mexico)|National Action Party]] (PAN). He is a former [[governor of Jalisco]], (1995 – 2001). And Secretary of Agriculture in the cabinet of [[Felipe Calderón]] (1 December 2006 – 7 September 2009). In 2006 he was elected to the Senate for PAN, representing the state of Jalisco, with his term running until 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mexican Senate website|url=http://www.senado.gob.mx/index.php?ver=int&mn=4&sm=10&id=18|accessdate=24 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Perfil: Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/389916.html|accessdate=24 August 2011|newspaper=El Universal|date=Nov 24, 2006}}</ref>

Cárdenas was born in [[Zapotlán Elel Grande]], [[Jalisco]].<ref name="sil">{{cite web|url=http://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?Referencia=2303319#Perfil|title=Perfil del legislador|publisher=Sistema de Información Legislativa|access-date=November 27, 2022|language=es}}</ref> He received a bachelor's degree in industrialIndustrial engineeringEngineering from the Ciudad Guzmán Technological Institute of Technology and both a master's degree in businessBusiness planningPlanning and [[Ph.D.]] in Industrial Engineering from the [[Universidad Politécnica de Madrid|Polytechnical University of Madrid]], in [[Spain]].<ref name=sil/>

[[image:Alberto_Cardenas.jpg|right|thumb|Alberto Cárdenas]]

He was the mayor of [[Ciudad Guzmán]] from [[1992]] until [[1994]] and served as governor of Jalisco from [[1995]] until [[2001]].<ref name=sil/> After leaving the post he was appointed general director of the [[National Forestry Commission]]. From [[2003]] until [[2005]] he headed the [[Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources]] in the cabinet of [[Vicente Fox]].<ref name=sil/>

Cárdenas was born in [[Zapotlán El Grande]], [[Jalisco]]. He received a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the Ciudad Guzmán Technological Institute and both a master's degree in business planning and [[Ph.D.]] in Industrial Engineering from the [[Universidad Politécnica de Madrid|Polytechnical University of Madrid]], in [[Spain]].

On [[July 7]], [[2005]], he was formally registered in the presidential primary election of the National Action Party. He will competecompeted for the nomination with former fellow cabinet members [[Santiago Creel]] and [[Felipe Calderón]], but ultimately lost to Calderón. In the [[2006 Mexican general election|general election]] of July 2, 2006, he was elected to the [[Senate of Mexico|Senate]] for the PAN, representing the state of Jalisco.

He was the mayor of [[Ciudad Guzmán]] from [[1992]] until [[1994]] and served as governor of Jalisco from [[1995]] until [[2001]]. After leaving the post he was appointed general director of the National Forestry Commission. From [[2003]] until [[2005]] he headed the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources in the cabinet of [[Vicente Fox]].

Cárdenas is married to Joann Novoa Mossberger and has three sonschildren: Andrea, Alberto and Álvaro.

On [[July 7]], [[2005]] he was formally registered in the presidential primary election of the National Action Party. He will compete for the nomination with former fellow cabinet members [[Santiago Creel]] and [[Felipe Calderón]].

==See also==

Cárdenas is married to Joann Novoa Mossberger and has three sons: Andrea, Alberto and Álvaro.

* [[Governor of Jalisco]]

* [[Cabinet of Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez]]

==External linksReferences==

{{Reflist}}

*[http://www.albertocardenas.org.mx/ Alberto Cárdenas' presidential campaign] (in Spanish).

==External links==

*{{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20050717231704/http://www.albertocardenas.org.mx/ Alberto Cárdenas' presidential campaign] (in Spanish).

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[[Category:Municipal presidents in Jalisco]]

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