Regidor
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For other uses, see Regidor (disambiguation).
A Regidor is a member of a council of municipalities in Spain and Latin America. Portugal also used to have the same office of Regedor.
[edit] Mexico
In Mexico, an ayuntamiento is composed of a municipal president (mayor), one or two síndicos (attorney general) and several regidores who meet in cabildo sessions. A regidor is the community representative before the municipal government[1].
The responsibilities of a regidor are[2]:
- To participate in council session and administer the interests of the municipality
- To exert faculties of inspection and oversee the branches of public administration
- to obtain information from the municipal president regarding the services offered by the different dependencies
Some activities of a regidor are[1]:
- Propose or reform of municipal regulations
- Vote on municipal affairs
- To attend a commission assigned to them:
- Promote social participation
- Propose measures for municipal development
All municipalities of Aguascalientes have five regidores and one síndico, with the exception of the capital that has ten regidores and two síndicos[3].
[edit] References
- ^ a b What is a municipality?
- ^ Page of a regidor of Tijuana, Mexico
- ^ Ayuntamientos in Aguascalientes
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