Regidor Explained

A regidor (plural: regidores) is a member of a council of municipalities in Spain and Latin America. Portugal also used to have the same office of regedor.

Mexico

In Mexico, an ayuntamiento (municipal council) is composed of a municipal president (mayor), one or two síndicos (attorney general) and several regidores who meet in cabildo (council) sessions. A regidor is the community representative (commissioner) before the municipal government.

The responsibilities of a regidor are:^[1]

• To participate in council session and administer the interests of the municipality
• To exert faculties of inspection and oversee the branches of public administration
• To obtain information from the municipal president regarding the services offered by the different dependencies

Some activities of a regidor are:^[2]

• Propose or reform of municipal regulations
• Vote on municipal affairs
• To attend a commission assigned to them
• Promote social participation
• Propose measures for municipal development

All municipalities of Aguascalientes have five regidores and one síndico except for the capital, which has ten regidores and two síndicos.^[3]

See also

• Corregidor
• Corregimiento
• Alcalde
• Alcalde ordinario
• Sargento mayor
• Cabildo (council)
• Síndico
• Ayuntamiento
• Teniente a guerra
• Santa Hermandad

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20051030015704/http://www.oscarzumaya.com/ . Regidor del XVIII Ayuntamiento de Tijuana . es . 26 May 2019 . 30 October 2005 . Oscar . Zumaya Ojeda . C.P.Oscar Zumaya Ojeda.
2. Web site: ¿Qué es el municipio? . Eloísa . González . Gabriela . Sánchez . Movimiento Ciudadano por la Democracia . La Neta SC . https://web.archive.org/web/20070114034006/http://www.laneta.apc.org/mcd/boletin/periodico.htm . 14 January 2007 . es . 26 May 2019.
3. Web site: Título II (1). Régimen de Gobierno (ART. 25 AL 51) . . es . 26 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041210110029/http://www.unam.mx:80/cesem/LORMS/AGS/agsii.htm . 10 December 2004.