Municipal president of Chihuahua
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The Municipal President of Chihuahua (mayor
) is the head of local government of Chihuahua Municipality, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.
The mayor's authority includes the state capital, the city of Chihuahua, Chih
.
Since the city serves as the municipal seat and is home to the vast majority of the municipality's population, the position of municipal president
is frequently identified with the city, rather than the municipality.
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
) is the head of local government of Chihuahua Municipality, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.
The mayor's authority includes the state capital, the city of Chihuahua, Chih
Chihuahua, Chihuahua
The city of Chihuahua is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It has a population of about 825,327. The predominant activity is industry, including domestic heavy, light industries, consumer goods production, and to a smaller extent maquiladoras.-History:It has been said that the...
.
Since the city serves as the municipal seat and is home to the vast majority of the municipality's population, the position of municipal president
Municipal president
A presidente municipal is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. The position is comparable to the county executive of a county in the United States or to the mayor of a city in the United States, although the jurisdiction of a presidente municipal includes not only a city but the...
is frequently identified with the city, rather than the municipality.
List of municipal presidents of Chihuahua
- 1974–1976: Oscar OrnelasOscar OrnelasÓscar Ornelas Küchle was a Mexican lawyer and politician and member of Institutional Revolutionary Party...
- 1976–1977: Humberto Martínez Delgado
- 1977–1980: Luis Fuentes Molinar
- 1980–1983: Ramiro Cota Martínez
- 1983–1986: Luis H. ÁlvarezLuis H. ÁlvarezLuis Héctor Álvarez is a Mexican industrialist and politician. Álvarez is a member of the National Action Party. In 1958 he was a candidate for the Presidency of Mexico...
- 1986: Pedro César Acosta
- 1986–1989: Mario de la Torre Hernández
- 1989–1992: Rodolfo Torres Medina
- 1992–1995: Patricio Martínez García
- 1995–1998: Gustavo Ramos Becerra
- 1998–2001: José Reyes Baeza TerrazasJosé Reyes Baeza TerrazasJosé Reyes Baeza Terrazas is a Mexican politician and lawyer. In 2004, he was elected Governor of Chihuahua as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party for the term ending in 2010. Prior to that, he was Chair of Law at the University of Chihuahua in Chihuahua...
- 2001–2002: Jorge Barousse Moreno
- 2002–2004: Alejandro Cano Ricaud (interim)
- 2004–2007: Juan Alberto Blanco Zaldívar
- 2007–2010: Carlos Borruel Baquera