Jesús Murillo Karam (born 2 March 1947) is a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).^[1] He served as governor of the state of Hidalgo from 1993 to 1998. In 1998 he became Undersecretary of Public Security and then joined the campaign of Francisco Labastida in the 2000 presidential election. He is of Lebanese^[2][3][4] descent.

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Jesús Murillo Karam
Attorney General of Mexico
In office 4 December 2012 – 27 February 2015
President	Enrique Peña Nieto
Preceded by	Marisela Morales
Succeeded by	Arely Gómez González
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 1 September 2012 – 4 December 2012
Preceded by	Óscar Martín Arce Paniagua
Succeeded by	Francisco Arroyo Vieyra
Governor of Hidalgo
In office 1 April 1993 – 28 October 1998
Preceded by	Adolfo Lugo
Succeeded by	Humberto Lugo Gil
Personal details
Born	(1948-03-02) 2 March 1948 (age 76) Real del Monte, Hidalgo
Nationality	Mexican
Political party	Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
Alma mater	Autonomous University of Hidalgo

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In 2006 he was elected senator for his state and in February 2007 as secretary general of his party with Beatriz Paredes as president. He was president of the Commission of Interior in the Senate. In September 2012, he was elected to the LXII Legislature of Congress as the President of the Chamber of Deputies. He later resigned this position to become Attorney General.

He became Attorney General of Mexico (PGR) on 4 December 2012 and resigned on 27 February 2015 to head the Secretariat of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development.^[5]

In August 2022 Murillo Karam was arrested over multiple charges (torture, forced disappearances, and offences against the administration of justice) related to the 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping during his tenure as attorney general.^[6]

* Requested a leave of absence to leave his post to serve as secretary general of his party.