Óscar Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar (born 13 October 1973) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the

National Regeneration Movement The National Regeneration Movement (), commonly referred to by its syllabic abbreviation Morena (), is a major left-wing political party in Mexico, often described as oscillating between social democracy and populism. As of 2023, it is the la ...

(MORENA). Born in Comitán, Chiapas, he is a law graduate. He is the current

governor of Chiapas The Governor of Chiapas is the chief executive of the Mexican state of Chiapas. The state constitution stipulates a term of 6 years, to which governors can only be elected once. It also specifies the qualifications for becoming governor: a Mexic ...

after winning the 2024 election.

Career

Ramírez Aguilar served as the mayor of his hometown of

Comitán Comitán (; formally: Comitán de Domínguez, for Belisario DomínguezComitán de D ...

in 2008–2010. In the 2012 general election he was elected to the

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to represent the 8th district of

Chiapas Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises Municipalities of Chiapas, 124 municipalities and its capital and large ...

for the

Ecologist Green Party of Mexico The Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (, , PVEM or PVE) is a green political party in Mexico. Founded in 1986, the party is associated with Jorge González Torres and his son Jorge Emilio González Martínez. It has seldom gotten more than 10% of ...

(PVEM) during the

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(31 August 2012 – 16 July 2013). He was subsequently elected to the

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for Chiapas on the Morena ticket in the 2018 general election. Ramírez stepped down from his Senate seat on 1 February 2024 and ran for the governorship of Chiapas in the 2 June 2024 local election, representing the '' Sigamos Haciendo Historia'' coalition (comprising Morena, PT, PVEM and the local parties Chiapas Unidos and Mover a Chiapas). He won the election with 79% of the vote, beating Olga Luz Espinosa of the ''

Fuerza y Corazón por México Fuerza y Corazón por México (), previously called the Broad Front for Mexico (), was a big tent political coalition formed by three Mexican political parties: the conservative National Action Party (PAN), the catch-all Institutional Revolutio ...

'' coalition into a distant second place.

References

1973 births Living people Presidents of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Ecologist Green Party of Mexico politicians 21st-century Mexican politicians People from Comitán Politicians from Chiapas Municipal presidents in Chiapas Governors of Chiapas {{Mexico-politician-Morena-stub