Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor
| Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor | |
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Villaseñor in 2011
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| Governor of Baja California Sur | |
| In office April 5, 2011 – September 10, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Narciso Agúndez Montaño |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Mendoza Davis |
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| Born | July 2, 1967 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Political party | National Action Party .svg){kind=small} |
| Spouse(s) | María Elena Hernández |
Marcos Alberto Covarrubias Villaseñor (born July 2, 1967) is a Mexican politician. He has served as the Governor of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur since April 5, 2012.
Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor was a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico prior to being elected Governor in 2011.[1] He had been 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 Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) had held the state's governorship since 1999 at the time.[2] Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor won the gubernatorial election with more than 40% of the vote.[2] The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidate, Ricardo Barroso Agramont, came in second with 33.52%, while the incumbent PRD's candidate, Luis Armando Díaz, came in at a distant third with approximately 20% of the vote.[2]
Covarrubias Villaseñor was sworn into office on March 5, 2011.[3]
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| Preceded by | Governor of Baja California Sur 2011 - 2015 |
Succeeded by Carlos Mendoza Davis |
