Francisco Alfonso Durazo Montaño (born 11 July 1954) is a Mexican politician who served as chief spokesman and private secretary of President Vicente Fox. Representing the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), he is the current governor of Sonora.
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Early life and education
Alfonso Durazo was born in Bavispe, Sonora, on 11 July 1954. For elementary school, he went to the General Miguel Samaniego school. For middle school, he went to the General Plutarco Elías Calles school in Agua Prieta, Sonora. For high school he attended Instituto Soria in Hermosillo, Sonora. He holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), a bachelor's degree in law from the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM), a master's degree in public administration from the Sonoran Institute of Public Administration, AC, and a doctorate in public policy from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM).
Career
From 1992 to 1993, he served as private secretary of the Secretary of Social Development Luis Donaldo Colosio. When Colosio became the PRI's presidential candidate for the 1994 general election, Durazo continued to serve as his private secretary.