The Municipal President of Mérida (or Mayor of Mérida in a colloquial sense, because in Mexico the term mayor is not considered as legal) is the person who presides the Municipal Council (Ayuntamiento) and the head-government of the municipality of Mérida, which includes the city of Mérida and its towns inside the municipality. The mayor is elected for a three-year term limited to serve one more term, after the 2015 Mexican constitutional reform. The mayor's office is seated at the Municipal Palace (or City Hall), located at downtown Mérida City.
Mayors of Mérida since the 1950s This is a list of recent mayors of Mérida, starting from 1948: Mayors of Mérida Chronology, Insituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal (2015), In Spanish Consulted 03/09/2015. Yucatán Informativo (2012), In Spanish Consulted 03/09/2015.
20th century Name Term in office Party affiliation Notes Pedro Castro Aguilar 1949 - 1952 Fernando Heredia Gonzalez 1952 - 1955 Benjamín Góngora Triay 1955 - 1958 Luis Torres Mesías 1958 - 1961 Institutional Revolutionary Party Mario Esquivel Ancona 1961 - 1964 Armando Carrillo Tenorio 1964 Interim mayor Agustín Martínez Arredondo 1964 - 1967 Víctor Correa Rachó 1964 - 1969 National Action Party He left the office to attend the 1969 gubernatorial elections of Yucatán. Héctor Bolio Pinzón 1969 - 1970 National Action Party Interim mayor. Víctor Cervera Pacheco 1970 - 1973 Institutional Revolutionary Party Wilberth Chi Góngora 1973 Institutional Revolutionary Party Interim mayor Fernando Palma Cámara 1973 Institutional Revolutionary Party Designated by the Governor of Yucatán Efraín Cevallos Gutiérrez 1973 - 1975 Institutional Revolutionary Party Federico Granja Ricalde 1975 - 1978 Institutional Revolutionary Party Gaspar Gómez Chacón 1978 - 1981 Institutional Revolutionary Party Guido Espadas Cantón 1981 - 1984 Institutional Revolutionary Party Herbé Rodríguez Abraham 1984 - 1987 Institutional Revolutionary Party Carlos Ceballos Traconis 1987 - 1989 Institutional Revolutionary Party He was dismissed by the Congress of Yucatán. Tuffy Gaber Arjona 1989 - 1990 Institutional Revolutionary Party Interim mayor Ana Rosa Payán 1990 - 1993 National Action Party Luis Correa Mena 1993 - 1995 National Action Party He left the office to attend the 1995 gubernatorial elections of Yucatán. Ulises González Torre 1995 National Action Party Interim Mayor Patricio Patrón Laviada 1995 - 1998 National Action Party
21st century Portrait Name Term in office Party affiliation Notes Xavier Abreu Sierra July 1, 1998 – June 30, 2001 National Action Party Ana Rosa Payán July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2004 National Action Party Manuel Fuentes Alcocer July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2007 National Action Party César Bojórquez Zapata July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2010 National Action Party Angélica Araujo Lara July 1, 2010 – January 19, 2012 National Revolutionary Party She requested license to the office (left the office, under the mexican law) to compete for a seat in the Senate of the Republic during the 2012 Mexican general election. Álvaro Omar Lara Pacheco January 20, 2012 – August 31, 2012 National Revolutionary Party Interim Mayor Renán Barrera Concha September 1, 2012 – August 31, 2015 National Action Party First constitutional-elected term. Mauricio Vila Dosal September 1, 2015 – January 7, 2018 National Action Party He requested license to the office to attend the 2018 gubernatorial elections in Yucatan. María Dolores Fritz Sierra January 7, 2018 – August 31, 2018 National Action Party Interim Mayor. Renán Barrera Concha September 1, 2018 – April 8, 2021 National Action Party First constitutional re-election after the 2015 reform, becoming his second constitutional term. He requested license to the office to attend for a re-election during the 2021 local elections in Yucatan. Alejandro Ruz Castro April 9, 2021 – July 22, 2021 National Action Party Interim Mayor during 3 months. Renán Barrera Concha July 23, 2021 – August 31, 2021 National Action Party Returned to the office after requesting license. Renán Barrera Concha September 1, 2021 – November 5, 2023 National Action Party Second constitutional re-election, becoming his third constitutional term. He requested license to the office to attend the 2024 gubernatorial elections in Yucatan. Alejandro Ruz Castro November 5, 2023 – August 31, 2024 National Action Party Interim Mayor. cecilia Patrón Laviada September 1, 2024 – Incumbent. National Action Party
See also Municipality of Mérida
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