Alfredo García Green (born 29 December 1953) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). He was the first

municipal president A ''presidente municipal'' ( English: "municipal president") is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. This title was also used in the Philippines during the Spanish and American colonial periods; it is comparable to a mayor of the tow ...

Loreto, Baja California Sur Loreto is a city and municipal seat of Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur, on the West Coast of Mexico. Located on the Gulf of California, the city had a population of 16,311 inhabitants in 2020. Loreto is a regional economic and cultura ...

, following the municipality's 1992 creation, and the state's party president. García Green is the son of Consuelo Green Garayzar and stepson of Francisco Larrinaga. He has worked with the environmental NGO "Grupo Ecologista Antares", which is involved in conservation efforts in the Loreto region.

Career

Before entering politics, García Green owned an auto parts store. In 1993, he was elected the

of Loreto and served his full three-year term. He was one of the few municipal presidents to avoid a major financial upheaval during office without getting any

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(the only one in the state during that term) and left the office to his successor without any financial trouble. During his term, he applied innovation in public services in order to improve the city deficient services (waste collection, water supply, municipal taxes registration system, street cleaning, street pavement). He worked with the NGO "Grupo Ecologista Antares" in order to promote a

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in the Loreto area, which was finally created in July 1996 by presidential decree. He had problems with the public workers' union (which members worked for the then ruling

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party) and with

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Guillermo Mercado Romero Guillermo Mercado Romero (born 1 March 1938) is a Mexican politician who served as the Governor of Baja California Sur from 1993 to 1999. He is a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He also served in the Senate and the Chamber ...

, who denied central government grants to the city of Loreto. From 1999 to 2002, García Green was the President of the Partido Acción Nacional State committee in

Baja California Sur Baja California Sur, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur, is a state in Mexico. It is the 31st and last state to be admitted, in 1974. It is also the second least populated Mexican state and the ninth-largest state by ...

. He then served as the Chief in Baja California Sur of the Office of Housing Institute for the Workers ( INFONAVIT) from 2002 to 2007. After that, he was the Chief of BMO, S.A. DE C.V. in Loreto.

References

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