Francisco Vega de Lamadrid explained

Francisco Vega de Lamadrid
Birth Date:22 May 1955
Birth Place:Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico
Office:15th Governor of Baja California
Term Start:1 November 2013
Term End:31 October 2019
Predecessor:José Guadalupe Osuna Millán
Order2:17th
Office2:Municipal President of Tijuana
Term Start2:1 November 1998
Term End2:31 October 2001
Predecessor2:José Guadalupe Osuna Millán
Successor2:Jesús González Reyes
Party:PAN
Alma Mater:Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior

Francisco Arturo Vega de Lamadrid, also known as Kiko Vega (born May 22, 1955) is a Mexican politician of the National Action Party who was the 15th Governor of Baja California, for the term from 2013-2019. He previously served as the Municipal President of Tijuana, from 1998 to 2001. He later served as a member of Mexico's Chamber of Deputies as part of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress from 2009 to 2012. He succeeded José Guadalupe Osuna Millán, having taken office on 1 November 2013.[1]

Early life

Vega graduated from the Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior in 1978 with a degree in business administration.[2]

Candidacy for Governor

On November 2, 2011, while he was a federal deputy (or legislator), he announced his candidacy for governor of Baja California. On March 10, 2013 he won the PAN's primary election for the first time (having sought the nomination twice previously), beating another ex-mayor of Tijuana, Héctor Guillermo Osuna Jaime.[3]

The Baja California governor's election took place on July 7, 2013. Vega's major opponent was Fernando Castro Trenti of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Apart from the PAN, Vega was also supported by the Party of the Democratic Revolution and the New Alliance; Trenti was supported by the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico and the Labor Party in addition to his own PRI. Vega won by 3% of the vote, 47% to 44%.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. [:es:Anexo:Gobernantes de Baja California]
  2. http://sitl.diputados.gob.mx/LXI_leg/curricula.php?dipt=306 Curricula en la pagina oficial del congreso.
  3. News: Moyron. Alejandro. Arrasa Kiko Vega en elección panista. 31 July 2013. El Informador de Baja California. 10 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130522061911/http://www.elinformadordebc.info/tijuana/101-noticias-a/18361-arrasa-kiko-vega-en-eleccion-panista. 22 May 2013. dead.
  4. [:es:Elecciones estatales de Baja California de 2013#Gobernador 2]