Fernando Elizondo Barragán

Who is Fernando Elizondo Barragán?

Fernando Elizondo Barragán is a Mexican Senator affiliated to the National Action Party. He was the interim governor of Nuevo León and former Secretary of Energy in the cabinet of President Vicente Fox. Fernando Elizondo was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, into an upper-class family formed by a prominent local politician, Eduardo Elizondo Lozano, and Laura Barragán. He completed most of his basic studies in Catholic institutions and graduated with honors from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León with a degree in law. In 1971 he received an MBA from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education.

He started as a lawyer in a well-known law firm founded by his father and in 1980 took over the legal department of Hojalata y Lámina, S.A., a renowned corporation in the metal industry. Later on he presided over several business chambers, including the local chapter of the National Chamber of Commerce until 1995, when he led the financial restructuring of Grupo Salinas y Rocha, a national chain of furniture and department stores. He left the company in August 1997.