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Manuel Velasco Coello | |
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![]() Velasco in 2012 | |
Governor of Chiapas | |
In office 8 December 2012 – 7 December 2018 | |
Preceded by | Juan Sabines Guerrero |
Succeeded by | Rutilio Escandón |
President of the National Conference of Governors | |
Assumed office 22 May 2018 | |
Preceded by | Arturo Núñez Jiménez |
Senator of the Congress of the Union for Chiapas First Formula | |
In office 1 September 2006 – 28 February 2012 | |
Preceded by | José Antonio Aguilar Bodegas |
Succeeded by | Luis Armando Melgar Bravo |
Deputy of the Congress of the Union Plurinominal | |
In office 1 September 2003 – 24 April 2006 | |
Member of the Congress of Chiapas Plurinominal | |
In office 15 November 2001 – 31 August 2003 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico | 7 April 1980
Political party | PVEM |
Spouse | |
Children | Manuel (b. 2017) Emiliano (b. 2020) |
Profession | Lawyer and politician |
Manuel Velasco Coello (born 7 April 1980) is a Mexican lawyer and politician and a member of PVEM. He served as the Governor of Chiapas from 2012 to 2018. He was the first PVEM politician to become a governor. Prior to his governorship, he served as a state deputy, Federal deputy and Senator, each time becoming the youngest person to ever hold such office.