Fausto Vallejo
| Fausto Vallejo y Figueroa | |
|---|---|
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| Governor of Michoacán | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office February 15, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Leonel Godoy Rangel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 17, 1949 Morelia, Michoacán |
| Political party | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| Alma mater | Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo |
Fausto Vallejo Figueroa (born May 17, 1949 in Morelia, Michoacán) is a Mexican lawyer, politician, a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the current governor of Michoacán for the 2012-2015 period. He has served three times as mayor of Morelia, Michoacán (1994–1995, 2002–2004 and 2008–2011)[1]
Vallejo ran for the governorship of Michoacán in the November 13, 2011, gubernatorial election. According to the official results he won the election with 35.39% of the votes,[2] Vallejo narrowly defeated PAN gubernatorial candidate Luisa María Calderón, the sister of Mexican President Felipe Calderón, by less than 3% of the vote.[3] Calderón, who led most opinion polls prior to the election,[3] alleged that drug traffickers based in Michoacán had helped tip the election in Fausto Vallejo's favor.[3] A third candidate, Silvano Aureoles of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), placed a distant third with 29%.[3][4]
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- ↑ Victoria de Fausto Vallejo
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Wilkinson, Tracy (2011-11-14). "Mexico president's sister apparently defeated in Michoacan vote". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
- ↑ Tucker, Duncan (2011-11-18). "PRI wins tight Michoacan election". Guadalajara Reporter. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
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