Gerardo Novelo Osuna

Gerardo Novelo Osuna
Senator of the Congress of the Union
for Baja California
Owner of Estero Beach Hotel & Resort
Assumed office
December 6, 2018
Preceded byJaime Bonilla Valdez
In office
6 December 2018 – 28 March 2022
Preceded byJaime Bonilla Valdez
Succeeded byJaime Bonilla Valdez
Personal details
BornEnsenada, Baja California, Mexico
Political partyMorena
SpouseMonica Buelna Pesqueira
ChildrenAndres Antonio Novelo, Hannia Novelo, Ivanna Novelo, Gerardo Novelo Jr.
OccupationPolitician

Gerardo Novelo Osuna is a Mexican businessman and politician. From December 6, 2018, until March 28, 2022, he was a first-format senator of the Republic replacing Jaime Bonilla Valdez in the LXIV Legislature of the Congress of the Union.[1]

Early years

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He was born in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.[2] He studied business administration at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California. He has been an entrepreneur, focused on the hotel industry.[3] He is the brother of Marco Antonio Novelo Osuna, municipal president of Ensenada from 2016 to 2019 for the Institutional Revolutionary Party.[4]

Senator of the Republic

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In the 2018 federal elections he was nominated as alternate for Jaime Bonilla Valdez, candidate for senator of the republic for the state of Baja California. After the elections, he obtained the first formula seat. On December 6, 2018, Bonilla Valdez requested a leave of absence from office to run for governor in the 2019 Baja California state elections. Gerardo Novelo Osuna took the senator seat in his place.[4] Within congress he held the position of secretary of the border and immigration affairs committee.[1]

In March 2023, Jaime Bonilla Valdez formally returned to be senator of the republic.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Senador Gerardo Novelo Osuna". Senado de México. 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Perfil del Legislador. Novelo Osuna, Gerardo". Secretaría de Gobernación. 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  3. ^ Gerardo Novelo Osuna (2020). "Senador Gerardo Novelo Osuna". Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b Marcos Flores (6 December 2018). "Solicita licencia Jaime Bonilla; lo sustituye Gerardo Novelo". Hiptex. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  5. ^ "El Tribunal Electoral aprueba que Jaime Bonilla regrese al Senado tras haber sido gobernador de Baja California". 10 August 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023.