Alberto Andrés Alvarado Arámburo (4 February 1925 – 14 February 1996) was a Mexican politician who served as the

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from 1981 to 1987. A member of the

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(PRI), he succeeded his cousin,

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, as governor. He also served as a

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and a

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. He was shot and killed in Mexico City in 1996 during an attempted robbery. There is a locality in

Mulegé Municipality Mulegé is the northernmost municipalities of Mexico, municipality of the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Baja California Sur. It is the largest municipality by area in Mexico, with an area of 33,092.20 km2 (12,777 sq mi). In th ...

named after him.

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1925 births 1996 deaths Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Governors of Baja California Sur Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) 20th-century Mexican politicians Deaths by firearm in Mexico Politicians from Baja California Sur People from La Paz, Baja California Sur {{Mexico-senator-InstitutionalRevolutionary-stub