This is the level of education of Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas, the mayor of Monterrey who wants to reach the Senate with MC

The emecista will seek to reach the Senate of the Republic. Credit: Cuartoscuro

During the night of Monday, Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas, mayor of Monterrey, surprisingly reported that he will seek a seat in the Senate of the Republic in the 2024 elections, after last September he rejected wanting to run for the Presidency. Here we tell you what his educational level is and what his political career has been like.

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Fruit of the marriage between Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta – presidential candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in the 1994 elections – and Diana Laura Riojas Reyes, the now Monterrey mayor was born on July 31, 1985 in Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, which is currently 38 years old.

After the murder of his father in March 1994 and the death of his mother in November of the same year – due to pancreatic cancer – Colosio Riojas and his sister were orphaned when they were only 8 and 1 year old, so that legally the maternal family assumed guardianship of both.

(Photo: Instagram/@colosioriojas)

It is unknown in which entity he completed his basic studies, but once he came of age, Colosio Riojas entered the Institute of Technology and Higher Studies of Monterrey, Mexico City campus, to study law. In 2010 he successfully completed his degree and a year later obtained his professional license, according to the National Registry of Professionals.

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The Emecista’s academic ambition continued and in 2016 he completed a diploma in Financing and International Payment Methods at the same university. Five years later, he decided to start a master’s degree in Business Law, now from the University of Monterrey.

Colosio Riojas’ political career began in 2018, when he became a local representative of the Nuevo León State Congress. This position concluded in February 2021, a month after he registered as a pre-candidate for mayor of Monterrey.

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After becoming the candidate of Movimiento Ciudadano (MC), Colosio Riojas swept the elections and obtained 229,655 votes in his favor, equivalent to 47.42%. In second place was the candidate Francisco Reynaldo Cienfuegos Martínez, from the PRI-PRD alliance, who obtained 151,807 votes (31.35%).

With a notable victory, the young politician assumed the position of municipal president of Monterrey on October 1, 2021; the same one he holds until now.

Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas sounded like one of the possible presidential figures for 2024. Photo: Cuartoscuro

In 2023, Colosio Riojas positioned himself as one of the strongest profiles to occupy the position of MC presidential candidate for the 2024 federal elections. The race was between him and Samuel García Sepúlveda, governor of Nuevo León.

However, last September he refused to run for the candidacy, as he assured that it was not the right time and that there were many aspects of his life that he needed to work on before seeking a position of that magnitude.

“There are many things that need to mature, starting with myself. I need to mature as a father, as a husband, as a friend, as a public servant and we have to know how to recognize it,” she shared during a conference offered at the University of Monterrey.

It was during Monday night when the orange party member announced through social networks that “he is going to run for the Senate.” Through a 2:32 minute video, Colosio Riojas explained his reasons.

“I have accepted the invitation of Movimiento Ciudadano to run for the highest platform in the country: the Senate of the Republic. The reason is very simple, Mexico needs us to practice responsible politics, politics that dialogues and builds agreements, responsible politics that defends and represents the people and their causes, responsible politics to represent Nuevo León with strength and dignity,” he declared.

So far, the official has not revealed when he will present his license to separate from his position.

Dante Delgado, president of the Citizen Movement party, and Luis Donaldo Colosio. Photo: Cuartoscuro