Regidor
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For other uses, see Regidor (disambiguation).
A Regidor 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.[1]
The responsibilities of a regidor are:[2]
- 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:[1]
- 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, with the exception of the capital that has ten regidores and two síndicos.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 What is a municipality?
- ↑ Page of a regidor of Tijuana, Mexico
- ↑ Ayuntamientos in Aguascalientes
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