Diego Sinhué Rodríguez Vallejo

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

Diego Sinhué Rodríguez Vallejo (born 15 November 1980) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN) who served as the governor of Guanajuato from 2018 to 2024. He previously represented his state as a federal deputy in the 62nd Congress (2012–2015).^[1]

Diego Sinhué Rodríguez Vallejo
Rodríguez in 2022
Governor of Guanajuato
In office 26 September 2018 – 25 September 2024
Preceded by	Miguel Márquez Márquez
Succeeded by	Libia García Muñoz Ledo
Member of the Congress of the Union for Guanajuato's 5th electoral district
In office 1 September 2012 – 12 February 2015
Preceded by	Lucila del Carmen Gallegos Camarena
Succeeded by	Viridiana Lizette Espino Cano
Personal details
Born	(1980-11-15) 15 November 1980 (age 44) León, Guanajuato, Mexico
Political party	National Action Party
Education	La Salle University (LLB)
Occupation	Lawyer

Life

Diego Sinhué Rodríguez was born in León, Guanajuato, and received his law degree from the Universidad De La Salle Bajío [es] in that city in 2003. He became a PAN member in 2005, sitting on its municipal youth committee and becoming the head of training in the state's third local district.^[1] In 2006, he was elected as a regidor on León's city council, and in 2010, he was elected to the Congress of Guanajuato, where he served two years and presided over the Urban Development and Public Works Commission.^[1]

In 2012, voters in Guanajuato's fifth federal electoral district, which includes portions of León, sent Rodríguez to the Chamber of Deputies for the 62nd Congress. He was a secretary on the Budget and Public Account Commission and also sat on those dealing with Foreign Relations and Housing;^[1] during this time, he obtained a master's degree in public administration from the Universidad de Guanajuato. On 17 February 2015, Rodríguez permanently took leave from the Chamber of Deputies and was tapped by Governor Miguel Márquez Márquez to become the Guanajuato state secretary of social and human development.^[2] He left the post on 31 July 2017, announcing his intention to contend for the PAN nomination for governor of Guanajuato.^[3][4]

In the 2018 Guanajuato gubernatorial campaign, Rodríguez was nominated by the Por Guanajuato al Frente coalition, consisting of the PAN, PRD and Movimiento Ciudadano; he was the only PAN candidate.^[5] Exit polls on election night showed him with a double-digit lead over Ricardo Sheffield, who ran as the Juntos Haremos Historia candidate.^[6]