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 lengthThree years, renewable once.
Salary$116,102 pesos (2015) [1]
Websitemerida.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

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This is a list of recent mayors of Mérida, starting from 1948: [2][3]

20th century

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Salary Scale Archived 2015-08-27 at the Wayback Machine, City Hall of Mérida, Consulted: 03/09/2015 In spanish.
  2. ^ Mayors of Mérida Chronology, Insituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal (2015), In Spanish Consulted 03/09/2015.
  3. ^ Who has been Mayors of Mérida? Yucatán Informativo (2012), In Spanish Consulted 03/09/2015.