Andrés Granier Melo

Andrés Rafael Granier Melo (born March 5, 1948 in Villahermosa, Tabasco) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party  PRI who in 2006 successfully ran for Governor of Tabasco. He is married to Teresa Calles Santillan and they have twin daughters Mariana and Paulina Granier Calles, and a son, Fabian Granier Calles.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Granier and the second or maternal family name is Melo.

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 questioned the results of the election before the Federal Electoral Tribunal. The Electoral Tribunal annulled the results of seven polling stations on December 27, 2006, but ratified the triumph of Granier, and declared that the Coalition for Good of All failed to show that there were any irregularities.[1]

Granier completed his term as governor in December 2012.

0n 14 June 2013, Granier was arrested on charges of corruption and embezzlement of public funds. He has denied wrongdoing.[2] On 26 June 2013, he was taken to jail in Mexico City for tax fraud and money laundrying for more than 1,900,000,000 Mexican pesos.[3]

On May 8, 2019, the former governor received a sentence of absolute freedom by a judge, after five years in prison and several months of house arrest.[4]

See also

References
  1. They validate election in Tabasco despite admitting irregularities El Universal, 27 December 2006.
  2. Official Corruption in Mexico, Once Rarely Exposed, Is Starting to Come to Light, by Karla Zabludovsky, New York Times, 23 June 2013
  3. Official Corruption in Mexico, Once Rarely Exposed, Is Starting to Come to Light, by Karla Zabludovsky, New York Times, 23 June 2013
  4. https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/otorgan-libertad-absoluta-a-exgobernador-de-tabasco-andres-granier/1311851
Preceded by
Manuel Andrade		 Governor of Tabasco
2007-2012		 Succeeded by
Arturo Núñez Jiménez


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