Francisco Vega de Lamadrid | |
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15th Governor of Baja California | |
In office 1 November 2013 – 31 October 2019 | |
Preceded by | José Guadalupe Osuna Millán |
Succeeded by | Jaime Bonilla Valdez |
17th Municipal President of Tijuana | |
In office 1 November 1998 – 31 October 2001 | |
Preceded by | José Guadalupe Osuna Millán |
Succeeded by | Jesús González Reyes |
Personal details | |
Born | Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico | 22 May 1955
Political 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]
References
- ↑ es:Anexo:Gobernantes de Baja California
- ↑ http://sitl.diputados.gob.mx/LXI_leg/curricula.php?dipt=306 Curricula en la pagina oficial del congreso.
- ↑ Moyron, Alejandro (10 March 2013). "Arrasa Kiko Vega en elección panista". El Informador de Baja California. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ↑ es:Elecciones estatales de Baja California de 2013#Gobernador 2