Andrés Rafael Granier Melo

Andrés Rafael Granier Melo (b. 1948 in Villahermosa, Tabasco) is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who in 2006 susccesfully ran for Governor of Tabasco. He is married with Teresa Calles Santillan and they have 2 daughters (twins) Mariana and Paulina Granier Calles, and a son, Fabian Granier Calles.

Political career

From 2000 to 2003 Andrés Granier served as municipal president (mayor) of Centro a municipality in Tabasco that has its municipal seat in Villahermosa, the capital city of the state. In 2006 he ran for the governorship of Tabasco; he won the 2006 Tabasco gubernatorial election hence he was elected to serve from 2007 to 2012.

The Coalition for the Good of All and its candidate César Raúl Ojeda himself questioned the results of the election before the Federal Electoral Tribunal, that on December 27, 2006 emitted its resolution, declaring 7 polling stations annulled, but ratifying the triumph of Granier, and to declare that the Coalition for Good of All failed to show that there were any irregularities. [ [http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/396684.html They validate election in Tabasco despite admiting irregularities] "El Universal", 27 December, 2006.]

Trivia

When Granier was a boy he suffered an accident that forced him to use a wheelchair for several years; then, after many operations, he was able to recover the use of his legs.

References

ee also

*Tabasco state election, 2006