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Félix Agramont Cota

Félix Agramont Cota
Governor of Baja California Sur
In office
October 8, 1974 – April 6, 1975
Preceded by Office created
Succeeded by Angel César Mendoza Arámburo
Governor of the South Territory of Baja California
In office
1970 – October 8, 1974
Preceded by Hugo Cervantes del Río
Succeeded by Office abolished with statehood
Personal details
Born November 17, 1918
El Pescadero, Baja California Sur
Died May 10, 2013(2013-05-10) (aged 94)
La Paz, Baja California Sur
Political party Institutional Revolutionary Party
Occupation Agricultural engineer
Politician

Félix Agramont Cota (November 17, 1918 – May 10, 2013) was Mexican politician, agricultural engineer, and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Agramont oversaw the creation of Baja California Sur (BCS) as the 31st Mexican state in October 1974. Agramont served as the last Governor of the South Territory of Baja California from 1970 until the creation of the new state on October 8, 1974. He was then appointed as the first Governor of Baja California Sur, serving from October 8, 1974, until April 6, 1975.

Agramont was the first civilian governor of Baja California Sur who was born in the present-day state. He was the also the last Governor of Baja California Sur to be appointed to date. His successors have since been elected to office.

Agramont was born on November 17, 1918, in El Pescadero, present-day Baja California Sur. He was a native of Todos los Santos, Baja California Sur.

He attended the Escuela Normal de San Ignacio and graduated from Chapingo Autonomous University. Agramont became an agricultural engineer and served as the national director of Productora Nacional de Semillas (PRONASE).

Agramont was appointed Governor of the former South Territory of Baja California by President Luis Echeverría Álvarez in 1970. He was the first civilian governor to have been born in Baja California Sur. He oversaw the transition from a territory into a full Mexican federal state. For example, the building which now houses the Baja California Sur state legislature was constructed during his tenure.


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