Quirino Ordaz Coppel

Quirino Ordaz Coppel (born October 24, 1962) is a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as the Governor of the state of Sinaloa from 2017 to 2021. He previously served as a federal deputy for the eighth federal electoral district of Sinaloa from August 29, 2015, to March 1, 2016.

Ordaz Coppel was elected Governor of Sinaloa in 2016 and took office on January 1, 2017.

Early life and education

Ordaz Coppel was born in Mazatlán, where his father, Quirino Ordaz Luna, was a municipal president between 1984 and 1986. At a young age, Ordaz Coppel and his five siblings lost their mother, Maricarmen Coppel, who was killed in a car accident. He received his undergraduate degree in law from the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México and his master's degree in public administration from the National Public Administration Institute. later to be joined by the PVEM and Nueva Alianza. In order to run for governor, Ordaz Coppel stepped aside from the Chamber of Deputies and was replaced by José de Jesús Galindo Rosas, his alternate, effective January 27.

In the June 5 elections, Ordaz Coppel and the PRI-PVEM-Nueva Alianza coalition obtained 41.73 percent of the vote and 160,000 more votes than the next closest candidate.

Diplomatic mission On September 11, 2021, President Andres Manuel López Obrador proposed Ordaz to the post of Ambassador to Spain.

Business

Ordaz Coppel owns the Océano Palace and Luna Palace hotels in Mazatlán, built in 1975 and 1993, respectively.

Personal life Ordaz Coppel is married to Rosa Isela Fuentes de Ordaz and has two daughters and a son.