Alfredo Valdés Montoya Explained

Alfredo Valdés Montoya
Office:Governor of Sinaloa
Birth Name:Alfredo Valdés Montoya
Birth Date:14 February 1920
Birth Place:Ahome, Sinaloa
Death Place:Culiacán, Sinaloa
Term Start:January 1, 1969
Term End:December 31, 1974
Successor:Alfonso G. Calderón

Alfredo Valdés Montoya (14 February 1920-14 February 2014) was a Mexican politician who was governor of Sinaloa from 1969 to 1974. He was born on February 14, 1920, in Villa de Ahome, Sinaloa. He studied a Bachelor's Degree in Economics at the University of Guadalajara. He then worked in the federal Treasury Department. He developed the industrial and urban planning scheme of Mazatlán, Culiacán, Guasave and Ahome.[1] He gave the communities in the highlands paved roads and complete school services.[2] During his governorship, Sinaloa then achieved an annual growth rate of 7.5 percent, far exceeding the national growth rate. He married Judith Gaxiola and had 4 children. He died in Culiacán on his 94th birthday of a heart attack.[3] A day later, a body ceremony was held in the central courtyard of the Government Palace, attended by several politicians and former governors.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: El día que nació murió. 15 February 2014.
  2. Web site: El gobernador que sentó las bases del desarrollo de Sinaloa. 12 August 2019.
  3. Web site: Muere Alfredo Valdés Montoya, ex Gobernador de Sinaloa. 15 November 2015.
  4. Web site: CLASE POLÍTICA RINDE HOMENAJE A VALDEZ MONTOYA. 15 February 2014.