Patrocinio González Garrido

José Patrocinio González Blanco Garrido (18 May 1934 – 30 November 2021) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served in both houses of Congress, as governor of Chiapas and as secretary of the interior. He resigned as interior secretary in the aftermath of the 1994 Zapatista uprising.

Career Patrocinio González Garrido was born in Catazajá, Chiapas, in 1934. In 1952, as a student in Mexico City, he decided to support Adolfo Ruiz Cortines's presidential bid and subsequently joined the PRI. He graduated with a law degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1956 and went on to complete a master's at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

During the early 1960s, he held positions in the Secretariat of Communications and Public Works (SCOP), the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP), the Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers (ISSSTE) and the National Lottery. and, in 1982 he was elected to the Senate for his home state. and was sworn in on 8 December.

González Garrido resigned as governor after four years appointed him secretary of the interior, replacing Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios. He served in that position until 10 January 1994, when he resigned (or was dismissed) González Garrido withdrew from political life as a consequence

In 1960, González Garrido married Patricia Ortiz Mena Salinas, the daughter of Antonio Ortiz Mena, with whom he had four children.