Francisco José Madero married María Luisa Fernández del Castillo, in 1953. The couple had seven children: Francisco José, Miguel Agustín Segundo, Jorge Raúl, María Luisa, Bernardo, Ignacio, and Rodolfo.[1]
Madero was the chairman of the local Institutional Revolutionary Party's Torreón municipal committee from 1962 to 1963.[1] He next served as the head of the state Public Registry of Property from October 1963 until September 1975.[1]
Madero served as the 54th Municipal President (mayor) of Torreón from 1976 to 1978.[3] He was elected as a federal deputy of the Chamber of Deputies representing Coahuila's 6th district, serving in the 51st Congress from September 1, 1979, until August 1, 1982.[1] He took a leave of absence from the Chamber of Deputies in 1981 to become interim Governor of Coahuila following the resignation of his predecessor, former governor Oscar Flores Tapia.[1][4] He served as the governor of Coahuila for a brief tenure from August 11, 1981, until November 30, 1981.[1][4] Madero was later elected to the Senate of the Republic for the 52nd and 53rd sessions of Congress.[1] His last public office was as the head of the Jefe del Departamento de Promociones Social de Infonavit from 1991 to 1993.[4]
He became the director of the General del Instituto Coahuilense para las Personas Adultas Mayores in 2002.[4]
Death
On February 16, 2013, Francisco José Madero González was found unconscious in his bedroom at 8 AM by one of his servants. Madero was immediately taken to the hospital, where he spent five nights.
Madero's death was confirmed by Coahuila Governor Rubén Moreira Valdez, via Twitter[4] on Thursday at 1 PM. His funeral was held the following evening at 4 PM; he died from pneumonia at the age of 82.[1][4][2]