Education:

Graduated with honors from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in 1965 with degree in Business Administration

Professional and Political Career:

• 2001 - 2007 Governor of the State of Baja California
• PAN National Executive Committee Member
• 1989 - 1995 Served as State Finance Minister
• 1995 - 1998 Mayor of Mexicali
• 1989 Gubernatorial Campaign Manager for Ernesto Ruffo
• President of the Centro Empresarial de Mexicali (COPARMEX)
• Union President of the New Automobile Dealerships and President of the Valley Automobile Dealership
• Member of the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) since 1968
• Candidate for the following positions: Councilmember (1968) Assembly Member (1974), Mayor (1983 and 1995), and State Senator (1988)

Family:

Married to Maria Elena Blackaller de Elorduy with four children, Mariela, Erika, Eugenio and Ernesto