Municipal President of Mérida

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.

Municipal President of Mérida
Mayor of Mérida
Seal of the municipality of Mérida.
Incumbent Alejandro Iván Ruz Castro since 5 November 2023
Term length	Three years, renewable once.
Salary	$116,102 pesos (2015)
Website	merida.gob.mx

Mérida City Hall, seat of the city council of the Municipality of Mérida and mayor's office. Known as Municipal Palace (Palacio Municipal in the Spanish language).

Mayors of Mérida since the 1950s

This is a list of recent mayors of Mérida, starting from 1948:

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 – Incumbent		National Action Party	Interim Mayor.

See also

• Municipality of Mérida