LXI Legislature Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña (born April 22, 1952) is a Mexican politician who belongs to the National Action Party (PAN).
He studied at University of Guadalajara, joined the PAN in 1969, and has been a youth leader, member of the state committee, candidate to federal office, and local representative to the Municipal President of Zapopan.
During his time in office as a very unpopular governor of Jalisco,[citation needed] the summit of heads of state and of government of Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union took place in Guadalajara, in May 2004.
[2] The governor of Jalisco was accused of making decisions that resulted in unwarranted arrests, wounds, and cases of torture against the participants in the demonstrations: "They only took into account the statements in support of globalization, without listening to the motives of the public security forces", assured Ramírez Mints.
[3] They requested that he be permitted to leave office from the governorship of Jalisco three months before finishing his term, so as to be appointed Secretary of Interior by newly elected President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa.