Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca
Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Tamaulipas | |
| In office 1 October 2016 – 30 September 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Egidio Torre Cantú |
| Succeeded by | Américo Villarreal Anaya |
| Senator for Tamaulipas | |
| In office 1 September 2012 – 29 January 2016 | |
| Preceded by | José Julián Sacramento Garza |
| Succeeded by | Sandra Luz García Guajardo |
| Member of the Congress of Tamaulipas | |
| In office 1 January 2008 – 10 June 2010 | |
| Mayor of Reynosa | |
| In office 2005–2007 | |
| Preceded by | Serapio Cantú Barragán |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Ángel Villarreal Ongay |
| Federal deputy for Tamaulipas's 2nd district | |
| In office 1 September 2000 – 31 August 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Armando Garza Cantú |
| Succeeded by | Maki Esther Ortíz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 September 1967 |
| Citizenship | Mexico |
| Party | National Action Party |
| Alma mater | Houston Baptist University (BS) University of Monterrey (MA) |
Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca (born 17 September 1967) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). He was the governor of Tamaulipas from 2016 to 2022 and previously served as a local and federal legislator, having served one term in the Chamber of Deputies and three and a half years in the Senate.
Governor García Cabeza de Vaca was accused by Emilio Lozoya Austin, former director of Pemex, in July 2020 of receiving bribes in 2013–2014 to support energy reform legislation.
An arrest warrant was issued for Cabeza de Vaca on 19 May 2021 by the Attorney General's Office of Mexico, which accused him of corruption. The governor, who retained immunity only within Tamaulipas after a constitutional dispute on the matter, rejected the accusations as politically motivated.