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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Honorable Patricio Martinez Garcia was elected
3 the 112th Governor of Chihuahua, Mexico in 1998; and
4 WHEREAS, Governor Patricio Martinez Garcia was previously
5 elected Mayor of Chihuahua City, serving from 1992 to 1995,
6 and as Congressman in 1997; and
7 WHEREAS, Governor Patricio Martinez Garcia is the former
8 President of the Chamber of Commerce in his native city of
9 Chihuahua; and
10 WHEREAS, Governor Patricio Martinez Garcia is currently
11 visiting the State of Illinois to promote trade, educational,
12 and cultural relations between the State of Chihuahua and
13 Illinois; and
14 WHEREAS, Current trade between Chihuahua and Illinois
15 includes imports and exports of raw materials and finished
16 products from the electronic, telecommunications, industrial,
17 recreational, agricultural, and nutritional food sectors; and
18 WHEREAS, Twenty-eight Illinois companies currently have
19 subsidiaries in the State of Chihuahua; and
20 WHEREAS, In June of 1999 Governor Patricio Martinez
21 Garcia received fifteen students from InterAmerican Magnet
22 School of Chicago in Mexico; the students spent two weeks
23 improving their Spanish skills and learning about the culture
24 of northern Mexico by staying in the homes of Chihuahuan
25 children; and
26 WHEREAS, Governor Patricio Martinez Garcia holds a
27 Bachelors degree in accounting and management from the
28 Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey;
29 and
30 WHEREAS, Governor Patricio Martinez Garcia founded a
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1 trust fund for the reconstruction of zones damaged by a major
2 storm in 1990; and
3 WHEREAS, Governor Patricio Martinez Garcia is a prolific
4 promoter of economic development, tourism, agriculture,
5 farming, and the Maquiladora industry; therefore, be it
6 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
7 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
8 we welcome Governor Patricio Martinez Garcia to the State of
9 Illinois and look forward to continued good relations with
10 him and the people of Chihuahua; and be it further
11 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to Governor Patricio Martinez Garcia.