Francisco Javier Castellón

Francisco Javier Castellón
Born
Guadalupe Francisco Javier Castellón Fonseca

(1960-09-21) 21 September 1960
Alma materAutonomous University of Nayarit
OccupationPolitician
Political partyPRD
Websitehttp://www.castellon.org.mx/

Guadalupe Francisco Javier Castellón Fonseca (born 21 September 1960) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). He is a native of Santiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit.[1]

Castellón Fonseca holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the Autonomous University of Nayarit (1982) and a doctorate from the Autonomous University of Baja California (2006). He later served as the rector of the Autonomous University of Nayarit from 1998 to 2004.[1][2]

In the 2006 general election, he was elected to Nayarit's third Senate seat for the 60th and 61st sessions of Congress,[1] and, in 2017, he was elected municipal president of the state capital, Tepic.[3] He requested a leave of absence as municipal president to contend for a seat in the Congress of Nayarit in 2021.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Perfil: Sen. Guadalupe Francisco Javier Castellón Fonseca, LXI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Videoescándalo: Javier Castellón, candidato de Va por México fue captado recibiendo fajos de dinero". Infobae. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Elecciones Nayarit 2017: resultados en municipios y diputaciones". Alcaldes de México. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2025.