Alfredo Valdés Montoya (14 February 1920 - 14 February 2014) was a Mexican politician who was

governor of Sinaloa List of governors of the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Sinaloa: References External links List of governors
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from 1969 to 1974. He was born on February 14, 1920, in Villa de

Ahome Ahome () is a municipality on the coast of the Gulf of California in the northwestern part of the Mexican state of Sinaloa, being the westernmost municipality in Sinaloa; it is adjacent to the southern border of Sonora state. It reported 388,344 ...

Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities, and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales. It is located in northwest Mexic ...

. He studied a Bachelor's Degree in Economics at the University of Guadalajara. He then worked in the federal Treasury Department. He developed the industrial and urban planning scheme of Mazatlán, Culiacán, Guasave and Ahome. He gave the communities in the highlands paved roads and complete school services. During his governorship, Sinaloa then achieved an annual growth rate of 7.5 percent, far exceeding the national growth rate. He married Judith Gaxiola and had 4 children, Mara, Judith, Alfredo and Alfonso. He died in Culiacán on his 94th birthday of a heart attack. A day later, a body ceremony was held in the central courtyard of the Government Palace, attended by several politicians and former governors.

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Governors of Sinaloa 1920 births 2014 deaths University of Guadalajara alumni 20th-century Mexican politicians {{Mexico-politician-stub