Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor
Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor | |
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![]() Villaseñor in 2011 | |
Governor of Baja California Sur | |
In office April 5, 2011 – September 10, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Narciso Agúndez Montaño |
Succeeded by | Carlos Mendoza Davis |
Personal details | |
Born | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | July 2, 1967
Political party | National Action Party ![]() |
Spouse | María Elena Hernández |
Marcos Alberto Covarrubias Villaseñor (born July 2, 1967) is a Mexican politician. He has served as the Governor of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur since April 5, 2012.
Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor was a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico prior to being elected Governor in 2011.[1] He had been elected to the Chamber through the support of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).[1]
Covarrubias Villaseñor ran for Governor of Baja California Sur in the 2011 gubernatorial election, which was held on February 6, 2011.[1] He was nominated by the National Action Party (PAN). The Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) had held the state's governorship since 1999 at the time.[2] Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor won the gubernatorial election with more than 40% of the vote.[2] The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidate, Ricardo Barroso Agramont, came in second with 33.52%, while the incumbent PRD's candidate, Luis Armando Díaz, came in at a distant third with approximately 20% of the vote.[2]
Covarrubias Villaseñor was sworn into office on March 5, 2011.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Grayson, George W. (January 2011). "Mexico 2011 Gubernatorial Elections And Their Impact On Policy". Foreign Policy Research Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
- ^ a b c "Another State Election, Another PRI Defeat: What the Results from Baja California Sur Tell us". Center for Strategic and International Studies. 2011-02-07. Archived from the original on 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
- ^ "April 2011". Rulers.org. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
- 1967 births
- Governors of Baja California Sur
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
- National Action Party (Mexico) politicians
- Politicians from Guadalajara, Jalisco
- Living people
- Mexican Roman Catholics
- 21st-century Mexican politicians
- Universidad del Valle de Atemajac alumni
- Municipal presidents in Mexico