Braulio Maldonado Sández
Governor Sandez circa 1955
2nd Governor of Baja California
In office
1 December 1953 – 13 November 1959
Preceded byAlfonso García González
Succeeded byEligio Esquivel Méndez
Personal details
Born1903
San José del Cabo, Baja California Territory, Mexico
Died1990
Political party PRI
ResidenceEnsenada, Baja California
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico
ProfessionPolitician, Political Activist, Writer, Lawyer

Braulio Maldonado Sández (1903 – 1990) was a Mexican politician who served as the first Governor of Baja California from 1953 until 1959. He was one of the most colorful leaders in the history of 20th-century Mexican politics.

Early life

Born in San José del Cabo, Baja California Territory, Mexico in 1903 to Cruz Maldonado Zumaya and Luisa Sández Ojeda.[1]

After Baja California earned statehood, Maldonado was chosen as the gubernatorial candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).[2] He won the ensuing election in October 1953 to become the inaugural Governor of Baja California. Maldonado officially began his term as Governor on 1 December, taking part in a ceremony in Mexicali which was attended by President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Maldonado, Braulio (2006). Baja California: comentarios políticos y otras obras selectas [Baja California: political commentary and other selected works] (in Spanish). Autonomous University of Baja California. p. 11. ISBN 9789707350397.
  2. ↑ González Oropeza, Manuel; Grijalva, Aidé (1998). Digesto constitucional mexicano: la Constitución política de Baja California [Mexican constitutional digest: the political constitution of Baja California] (PDF) (in Spanish). Autonomous University of Baja California. p. 46. ISBN 978-968-7326-72-6.
  3. ↑ González Oropeza, Grijalva; p. 52
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