Oscar Baylón Chacón (1929 – August 10, 2020
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politician, member of the

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and served as

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and

Governor of Baja California The governor of Baja California represents the executive branch of the government of the state of Baja California, Mexico, per the state's constitution. The official title is "Free and Sovereign State of Baja California" (''Estado Libre y Soberan ...

. Oscar Baylón Chacón was an agronomist graduate of the Escuela Superior de Agricultura "Hermanos Escobar" in

Ciudad Juárez Ciudad Juárez ( , ; "Juárez City"), commonly referred to as just Juárez (Lipan language, Lipan: ''Tsé Táhú'ayá''), is the most populous city in the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Mexican state of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua. It was k ...

, and at his own expense was transferred to Baja California, where he initiated a political career that carried him to be Director of Works of the Territory,

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 ...

Tecate Tecate () is a city in Tecate Municipality, Baja California. It is across the Mexico–United States border, Mexico–US border from Tecate, California. As of 2019, the city had a population of 108,860 inhabitants, while the metropolitan area ha ...

from 1959 to 1962, Director of Land Registry, Deputy Congressperson of Baja California from 1965 to 1968, and Chief Clerk of the Government. In 1976, he was chosen as Senator of the Republic until 1982 and on January 6, 1989 was appointed Governor of Baja California to replace

Xicoténcatl Leyva Mortera Xicoténcatl Leyva Mortera (April 4, 1940 – September 30, 2021
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. During the 9 months of his administration, he concluded mainly hydraulics works to improve the supply of water of the main cities of the state.

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Biography as Governor of Baja California
1929 births 2020 deaths Politicians from Chihuahua City Governors of Baja California Municipal presidents in Baja California Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) 20th-century Mexican politicians {{Mexico-mayor-stub

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