Búrquez was born in Hermosillo and earned his degree in industrial engineering at Tec de Monterrey, as well as a master's degree in high business administration from the IPADE.
In the 1980s and 1990s, he directed various businesses.
In 1994, he became president of the Northwest Delegation of COPARMEX.

His political career in the PAN began in 1997, and three years later, he was elected Municipal President of Hermosillo.
In his three-year term, he was honored with a national anticorruption award from the CIDE.
Between 2003 and 2005, he served as president, of the PAN party in the state of Sonora.

He won election to the Senate for the LXII and LXIII Legislatures in 2012.
He presides over the Urban Development and Land Use Commission in the Senate and also sits on the Science and Technology, Commerce and Industrial Development, and Energy Commissions.
Búrquez was born in Hermosillo and earned his degree in industrial engineering at Tec de Monterrey, as well as a master's degree in high business administration from the IPADE. In the 1980s and 1990s, he directed various businesses. In 1994, he became president of the Northwest Delegation of COPARMEX.
His political career in the PAN began in 1997, and three years later, he was elected Municipal President of Hermosillo. In his three-year term, he was honored with a national anticorruption award from the CIDE. Between 2003 and 2005, he served as president, of the PAN party in the state of Sonora.
He won election to the Senate for the LXII and LXIII Legislatures in 2012. He presides over the Urban Development and Land Use Commission in the Senate and also sits on the Science and Technology, Commerce and Industrial Development, and Energy Commissions.
Francisco de Paula Búrquez