Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor Explained

Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor
Office:Governor of Baja California Sur
Term Start:April 5, 2011
Term End:September 10, 2015
Predecessor:Narciso Agúndez Montaño
Successor:Carlos Mendoza Davis
Birth Date:July 2, 1967
Birth Place:Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Spouse:María Elena Hernández

Marcos Alberto Covarrubias Villaseñor (born July 2, 1967) is a Mexican politician. He has been the governor of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur since April 5, 2012.

Covarrubias Villaseñor was a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico before being elected governor in 2011. He was elected to the chamber through the support of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).[1]

Covarrubias Villaseñor ran for governor of Baja California Sur in the 2011 gubernatorial election, which was held on February 6, 2011.[1] He was nominated by the National Action Party (PAN). The PRD had held the state's governorship since 1999 at the time. He won the election with more than 40% of the vote. The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidate, Ricardo Barroso Agramont, was second with 33.52% and the PRD's incumbent candidate, Luis Armando Díaz, was third with approximately 20% of the vote.[2]

Covarrubias Villaseñor was sworn into office on April 5, 2011.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: George W. . Grayson . Mexico 2011 Gubernatorial Elections And Their Impact On Policy . . January 2011 . 2012-08-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120920080605/http://www.fpri.org/enotes/201101.grayson.mexico.html . 2012-09-20 .
  2. News: Another State Election, Another PRI Defeat: What the Results from Baja California Sur Tell us . Duncan . Wood . February 7, 2011 . . 2012-08-27 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110309222347/http://csis.org/blog/another-state-election-another-pri-defeat-what-results-baja-california-sur-tell-us . 2011-03-09.
  3. News: April 2011 . Rulers . 2012-08-27.