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
Renán Barrera Concha
since 1st September 2021
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

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

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
–
Incumbent
National Action Party		 Second constitutional re-election, becoming his third constitutional term.

See also

References
  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.
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