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Mauricio Fernández Garza
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Mauricio Fernández Garza

Mexican politician (1950–2025)

Mauricio Fernández Garza (2 April 1950 – 22 September 2025) was a Mexican politician, businessman, and collector with direct ties to the wealthy and prominent Fernández Ruiloba family, owners of PYOSA (Pigmentos Y Oxidos SA). He served as mayor of San Pedro Garza García, a former senator, and a former member of the board of directors of Grupo Alfa, a Monterrey-based chemical, food, and auto-parts producer.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Mauricio Fernández Garza (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Apr 2, 1950, died Sep 22, 2025.1

About

He is well known for his art contributions to Nuevo León.

Fernández Garza graduated with a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University (U.S.), specialized in economics at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, and received a master's degree in business administration from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education.

He was the founder and president of Comercializadora de Puros, Uniser (Havana, Cuba), Artesanarte, and the Museo del Ojo in García, Nuevo León. In June 2005, he sold one of his companies, Especialidades Cerveceras, S.A. (the maker of Casta premium beer), to Fomento Económico Mexicano (FEMSA), the world's second-largest Coca-Cola bottler.

Fernández Garza ran for governor of Nuevo León in 2003. He defeated former treasurer Fernando Elizondo Barragán in the National Action Party's state primaries (56.5% to 20.8%) but lost the gubernatorial election to Institutional Revolutionary Party candidate José Natividad González Parás.

From Wikipedia’s article on Mauricio Fernández Garza, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedPurdue University bachelor's degree; industrial engineering3
  • Date not recordedMonterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education Master of Business Administration3
  • Date not recordedUniversidad Autónoma Nuevo León economics3

Career

Occupation: businessperson, politician.5

  • 1994 to 2000Member of the Senate of Mexico4

Personal life

  • BornApr 2, 1950, Monterrey6
  • DiedSep 22, 2025, Monterrey7
  • CitizenshipMexico8

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