Fernando Margáin Berlanga (born 1952) is a Mexican politician from the
State of Nuevo León affiliated with the
National Action Party (PAN) who has served in the
upper house of the
Mexican Congress
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.
Margáin served as
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 under the Spanish and American colonization; it is comparable to a mayor of the town or city ...
(mayor) of
San Pedro from 1994 to 1997. Later, from 1997 to 1999, he served in the cabinet of
Governor Fernando Canales.
In 2000 he was elected to serve in the
Senate of Mexico.
He was
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 under the Spanish and American colonization; it is comparable to a mayor of the town or city ...
(mayor) of
San Pedro Garza García again from 2006 to 2009.
Son of Ricardo Margain Zozaya who was one of the main politicians in Nuevo León State in the 1960s and 1970s. Fernando Margáin is married to
Alejandra Sada de Margáin.
In March 2015, he announced his intention of running for
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 under the Spanish and American colonization; it is comparable to a mayor of the town or city ...
(mayor) of
San Pedro Garza García again, this time as a candidate for the
Humanist Party
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.
See also
*
1994 Nuevo León state election
*
2006 Nuevo León state election A local election was scheduled to be held in the Mexican state of Nuevo León on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Voters will go to the polls to elect, on the local level:
* 51 municipal presidents (mayors) to serve for a three-year term.
*42 local deputies ...
References
Living people
1952 births
Politicians from Monterrey
National Action Party (Mexico) politicians
Municipal presidents in Nuevo León
Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico)
21st-century Mexican politicians
University of Monterrey alumni
20th-century Mexican politicians
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