The Municipal President of Puebla (mayor

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 in the municipality of municipality of Puebla

Puebla (municipality)

Puebla is a town and municipality in Puebla in south-eastern Mexico....

, in the Mexican state of Puebla

Puebla

Puebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla....

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The mayor's authority includes the state capital, the city of Puebla

Puebla, Puebla

The city and municipality of Puebla is the capital of the state of Puebla, and one of the five most important colonial cities in Mexico. Being a planned city, it is located to the east of Mexico City and west of Mexico's main port, Veracruz, on the main route between the two.The city was founded...

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Since the city serves as the municipal seat and is home to the 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 Puebla

• 1945–1948: Antonio Arellano Garrido
• 1948–1951: Enrique Milina Jhonson
• 1951–1954: Nicolás Vázquez Arriola
• 1954–1957: Arturo Perdomo Morán
• 1957–1960: Rafael Artasanchez Romero
• 1957–1960: Francisco Rodríguez Pacheco
• 1960–1963: Eduardo Cué Merlo
• 1963–1966: Carlos Vergara Soto
• 1966–1969: Arcadio Medel Marín
• 1969–1972: Carlos J. Arruti y Ramírez)
• 1972–1975: Gonzalo Bautista O´farril
• 1972–1975: Luis Vázquez Lapuente
• 1975–1978: Eduardo Cué Merlo
• 1978–1981: Miguel Quiróz Pérez
• 1981–1984: Victoriano Álvarez García
• 1984–1987: Amado Camarillo Sánchez
• 1984–1987: Jorge Murad Macluf
• 1987–1990: Guillermo Pacheco Pulido
• 1990–1993: Marco Antonio Rojas Flores
• 1993–1996: Rafael Cañedo Benitez
• 1996–1999: Gabriel Hinojosa Rivero
• 1999–2002: Mario Marín Torres
• 2002–2005: Luis Jesús Paredes Moctezuma
• 2005–2008: Enrique Doger Guerrero
• 2008–2011: Blanca Alcalá Ruiz
• 2011–2014: Eduardo Rivera Pérez