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Jesús Murillo Karam
Attorney General of Mexico
In office
4 December 2012 – 27 February 2015
President Enrique Peña Nieto
Preceded by Marisela Morales
Succeeded by Arely Gómez González
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 September 2012 – 4 December 2012
Preceded by Óscar Martín Arce Paniagua
Succeeded by Francisco Arroyo Vieyra
Governor of Hidalgo
In office
1 April 1993 – 28 October 1998
Preceded by Adolfo Lugo
Succeeded by Humberto Lugo Gil
Personal details
Born (1948-03-02) 2 March 1948 (age 76)
Real del Monte, Hidalgo
NationalityMexican
Political party Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
Alma mater Autonomous University of Hidalgo

Jesús Murillo Karam (born 2 March 1947) is a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). [1] He served as governor of the state of Hidalgo from 1993 to 1998. In 1998 he became Undersecretary of Public Security and then joined the campaign of Francisco Labastida in the 2000 presidential election. He is of Lebanese [2] [3] [4] descent.

In 2006 he was elected senator for his state and in February 2007 as secretary general of his party with Beatriz Paredes as president. He was president of the Commission of Interior in the Senate. In September 2012, he was elected to the LXII Legislature of Congress as the President of the Chamber of Deputies. He later resigned this position to become Attorney General.

He became Attorney General of Mexico (PGR) on 4 December 2012 and resigned on 27 February 2015 to head the Secretariat of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development. [5]

In August 2022 Murillo Karam was arrested over multiple charges (torture, forced disappearances, and offences against the administration of justice) related to the 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping during his tenure as attorney general. [6]

Political offices
Preceded by Senator in the LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress
2006—2009*
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Hidalgo
1993—1998
Succeeded by

* Requested a leave of absence to leave his post to serve as secretary general of his party.

References

  1. ^ Grayson, George W. (2010). Mexico: narco-violence and a failed state?. Transaction Publishers. p. 145. ISBN  978-1-4128-1151-4. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Jesús Murillo Karam, artífice del triunfo presidencial". 2 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Presencia de México en el mundo libanés | Opinión | Impacto". Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  4. ^ "El Periódico de Saltillo". Elperiodicodesaltillo.com. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  5. ^ Torres, Manuel (4 December 2012). "Jesús Murillo Karam es ratificado por el Senado como nuevo procurador". CNNMéxico (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Former attorney general of Mexico arrested over multiple charges related to disappearance of 43 students". 20 August 2022.