Samuel García Garfias

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Samuel Alejandro García Sepúlveda (born 28 December 1987) is a Mexican lawyer, politician and financier serving as the governor of Nuevo León since 2021. A member of the Citizens' Movement party, he served as a local deputy in the Congress of Nuevo León from 2015 to 2018 and represented Nuevo León in the Senate from 2018 to 2020.
Born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, García has an extensive academic background, holding three doctoral degrees: one in public policy and public administration from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), in tax law from ITAC University, and in constitutional law and governance from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL). He has authored three books and taught tax law at UANL.
García was elected governor of Nuevo León in 2021, defeating the Institutional Revolutionary Party nominee, Adrián de la Garza, by 10.21%. As governor, he has focused on boosting foreign investment through nearshoring and expanding the state's infrastructure, particularly the Metrorrey network and highways. His tenure has also been marked by a prolonged political crisis with the Congress of Nuevo León, which briefly intensified in late 2023 when García briefly launched a presidential campaign that collapsed amid a dispute over the appointment of an interim governor.