Gustavo Vázquez Montes
| Gustavo Alberto Vázquez Montes | |
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Governor of Colima
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In office January 1, 2004 – February 24, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Carlos Flores Dueñas |
| Succeeded by | Arnoldo Ochoa González |
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16 August 1962 Tecomán, Colima |
| Died | 24 February 2005 (aged 42) Tzitzío, Michoacán |
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| Spouse(s) | Norma Alicia Galindo Matias |
| Alma mater | University of Colima |
| Profession | Educator and politician |
Gustavo Alberto Vázquez Montes (August 16, 1962 – February 24, 2005) was a Mexican politician. At the time of his death he was serving as the governor of the western state of Colima, representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
Vázquez Montes was born in Tecomán, Colima. After graduating from teacher-training college and entering politics, he served as the mayor of his home town and its representative in the state Congress. He was selected as the PRI's candidate in the 2003 gubernatorial election and, after heated disputes and the annulment of the first round, he was ruled the victor and was invested as Governor on January 1, 2004.
He served as Professor of Elementary and Secondary Education. He was an official in Tecomán City Council in several administrations, alderman, civic leader of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, president of the Mexican Network of Healthy Municipalities, local MP in the LI Congress Legislature of the State of Colima, then Mayor of Tecoman, Colima. He served again as a deputy in the Congress LIII Legislature of the State of Colima, and also served as Secretary General and Chairman of the State Executive Committee of the PRI. He was president of the State Congress four times, occupied the Health and Education Committees in it, was a distinguished member of the Standing Conference of Local Legislators PRI and distinguished member of the National Political Council of the PRI. Gustavo Vázquez Montes was elected to the constitutional period 2,003 - 2 009, whose regular elections were nullified by the Electoral Court of the Judicial Power of the Federation stating illegal intervention in the same of Governor Fernando Moreno Peña . Gustavo Vázquez Montes was nominated again PRI candidate for governor in the new elections was necessary to convene extraordinary. Vázquez Montes returned to win.
He Triumphed in the elections held on July 6 of 2003, obtaining the majority of votes cast, compared to his opponent, the PAN candidate. However, regular elections were nullified by the Electoral Court of the Judicial Power of the Federation stating illegal intervention in the same of Governor Fernando Moreno Peña. Gustavo Vázquez Montes was nominated again PRI candidate for governor in a special election that was necessary to convene. Vázquez Montes win them again, again getting most of the votes cast. Gustavo Vázquez Montes assumed the governorship on January 1 of 2004, to conclude the period ending October 31 of 2009.
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