Ernesto Pérez Astorga

Ernesto Pérez Astorga was born on 8 August 1962, in the port of Veracruz, Mexico. He later lived in Coatepec, Veracruz. From 1980 to 1984 he studied a bachelor's degree in business administration at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey and later a master's degree in Innovation for Business Development at the same institution. He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Business Coordinating Council, holding various positions in both organizations.^[2][3]

In the 2018 federal elections, he was nominated by the National Regeneration Movement party as a substitute for Ricardo Ahued Bardahuil to be senator of the Republic. After the elections, Ahued Bardahuil occupied the seat of second-party senator representing the State of Veracruz.^[1]

He was secretary of economic and port development of the State of Veracruz from 1 December 2018, to 28 May 2019, during the governorship of Cuitláhuac García Jiménez.^[4] He left office to take over as substitute for Senator of the Republic Ricardo Ahued, after he was named Director General of Customs.^[5] Within the senate, Pérez Astorga held the position of secretary of the Asia-Pacific-Africa foreign relations commission.^[1] He left the seat on April 30, 2020, after Ricardo Ahued announced his resignation from the customs administration and decided to rejoin the Senate.^[6]

On 1 April 2021, he rejoined the Senate following Ricardo Ahued's request for leave to run as a candidate for the municipal presidency of Xalapa in the state elections of Veracruz.^[7][8]