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Andrés Rafael Granier Melo (born March 5, 1948 in Villahermosa, Tabasco) is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who in 2006 successfully ran for Governor of Tabasco. He is married with Teresa Calles Santillan and they have two twin daughters Mariana and Paulina Granier Calles, and a son, Fabian Granier Calles. ==Political career== From 2000 to 2003 Andrés Granier served as municipal president (mayor) of Centro a municipality in Tabasco that has its municipal seat in Villahermosa, the capital city of the state. In 2006 he ran for the governorship of Tabasco; he won the 2006 Tabasco gubernatorial election hence he was elected to serve from 2007 to 2012. The Coalition for the Good of All and its candidate César Raúl Ojeda himself questioned the results of the election before the Federal Electoral Tribunal, that on December 27, 2006 emitted its resolution, declaring seven polling stations annulled, but ratifying the triumph of Granier, and to declare that the Coalition for Good of All failed to show that there were any irregularities.〔(They validate election in Tabasco despite admitting irregularities ) ''El Universal'', 27 December 2006.〕 He completed his term as governor in December 2012. 0n 14 June, 2013, he was arrested on charges of corruption and embezzlement of public funds. He has denied wrongdoing.〔Official Corruption in Mexico, Once Rarely Exposed, Is Starting to Come to Light, by Karla Zabludovsky, New York Times, 23 June 2013〕 The 26 June, 2013, he was taken to jail in Mexico City for tax fraud and money laundrying for more than 1,900,000,000 Mexican pesos.〔Official Corruption in Mexico, Once Rarely Exposed, Is Starting to Come to Light, by Karla Zabludovsky, New York Times, 23 June 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrés Granier Melo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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