Leonel Godoy Rangel

Mexican politician
Leonel Godoy Rangel
Governor of Michoacán
In office
February 15, 2008 – February 14, 2012
Preceded byLázaro Cárdenas Batel
Succeeded byFausto Vallejo
Personal details
Born (1950-06-06) June 6, 1950 (age 74)
Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán
Political partyParty of the Democratic Revolution
Alma materUniversidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
National Autonomous University of Mexico

Leonel Godoy Rangel (born June 5, 1950) is a Mexican lawyer, politician, and former Governor of Michoacán.[1] He is a former president of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). Godoy hails from the coastal region of Michoacán.

Political career

Leonel Godoy was born in Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, in 1950. He began his political career in his native state serving in various positions during the governorship of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas. He served in the Chamber of Deputies as a plurinominal deputy from 1994 to 1997.[2] In 1997 he joined the cabinet of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas's government in the Federal District. Godoy has also served in the cabinets of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Federal District) and Lázaro Cárdenas Batel (Michoacán). Godoy was elected to the Senate as a joint PRD-PT-CD candidate, representing the state of Michoacán, in the federal election held on July 2, 2006. In June 2007 he was elected by the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) as candidate for governor of Michoacán for the November 11 state election. According to the Preliminary Results Program (PREP) he won the election with nearly 38% of the votes[3] and assumed office in February 2008.

Godoy was the second governor elected from the PRD. He proposed a new scheme of deparments for youth, Native People, women, migrants and other vulernable social sectors.[4][5]

In the 2021 mid-terms he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent Michoacán's first district for the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).[6] Three years later, he won re-election to the same seat in the 2024 general election.[7]

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References

  1. ^ Reitera Godoy rechazo a privatización de Pemex - El Universal - Los Estados
  2. ^ "Legislatura 56" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  3. ^ Proceso Electoral Extraordinario Yurécuaro 2008 ::: Programa de Resultados Electorales Preliminares PREP
  4. ^ decreto de creacion de secretaria de jovenes, secretaria del micgrante, de la secretaria de pueblos indigenas y de la secretaria de la mujer
  5. ^ creacion de la secretaria del migrante reconocimiento a paisanos Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Leonel Godoy Rangel, LXV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Michoacán Distrito 1. Lázaro Cárdenas". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Michoacán
2008–2012
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by President of the Party of the Democratic Revolution
2003–2005
Succeeded by


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