Víctor Manuel Cervera Pacheco (April 23, 1936 – August 18, 2004) was a Mexican politician who served as

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from 1984 to 1988, and again from 1995 through 2001. From 1988 to 1994 Cervera served as

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. He died on August 18, 2004, from a

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. Cervera was an active member of the

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while an elected official. He served as a

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, local deputy in the

Congress of Yucatán The Congress of the State of Yucatán (Spanish: ''Congreso del Estado de Yucatán''), or simply the Congress of Yucatán, is the legislative branch of the government of the State of Yucatán. The Congress is the governmental deliberative body of Y ...

, Governor of Yucatán,

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(for Yucatán's First District) and in the federal executive cabinet.

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* 1936 births 2004 deaths Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians 20th-century Mexican politicians 21st-century Mexican politicians Governors of Yucatán (state) Members of the Congress of Yucatán Municipal presidents in Yucatán (state) Politicians from Yucatán (state) {{Mexico-politician-InstitutionalRevolutionary-stub