Célida López Cárdenas
Célida Teresa López Cárdenas (born 15 December 1979) is a Mexican politician and law graduate. She was municipal president of Hermosillo for the Morena party from 2018 to 2021, former head of the Secretary of Tourism of Sonora, and is currently head of the Chief of the Office of the Executive of the State of Sonora.[1]
Education and career[edit]
López Cárdenas was born in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora on 15 December 1979. She has a master's degree in political science and a specialty in Political Institutions and Processes, as well as an MBA in business management from IPADE.[1] She chaired the Justice and Human Rights Commission of the LXI Legislature in the State Congress.[2] She was also Undersecretary of Citizen Participation and Institutional Liaison in the Government of the State of Sonora.[3] From 2011 to 2015 she was president of the Sonoran State Participation Board and State Public Relations Coordinator of the Ministry of Health of the Government of Baja California.[1] From 2015 to 2018 she was a local deputy in the LXI Legislature for District II of the State of Sonora representing the National Action Party (PAN).[2]
In 2018 she ran as a candidate for municipal president of Hermosillo for the National Regeneration Movement party (Morena), being elected, becoming the third woman in the history of Hermosillo to be municipal president through the vote.[4] She held the position until April 8, 2021, when she requested a leave of absence to run for reelection as mayor of Hermosillo in the 2021 Sonora State Elections, this being the first time that a mayor seeks reelection in the capital.[5] On June 11, 2021, after losing reelection to the mayor of Hermosillo, she returns to conclude her three-year term.[6] On September 6, 2021, the elected governor of Sonora, Alfonso Durazo, included López Cárdenas in his cabinet, making it known that she would be in charge of the state Tourism Secretariat once his government began.[7]
Municipal president of Hermosillo[edit]
During her period as municipal president of Hermosillo, she formed a citizen and equal government, the first in the history of the city.[8] She reduced the public debt by 5% for the first time in years in the capital of Sonora.[9] She canceled a multimillion-dollar lighting service concession and held the 2019 Pitic Festival, which broke a record by bringing together more than 60,000 people in an event with artists of quality and international stature.[10][11]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Congreso del Estado de Sonora - Diputado". congresoson.gob.mx. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ^ a b "Celida Teresa López Cárdenas". sonora.gob.mx. 2023-05-31. Archived from the original on 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Curriculum Celida Lopez Cardenas" (PDF). transparencia.hermosillo.gob.mx. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ^ "Arrancó oficialmente Célida López su campaña por la alcaldía". Uniradio Informa (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ^ "Confirmado: Célida López va por la reelección". Expreso (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ^ "Célida López regresa este viernes como presidenta municipal de Hermosillo tras licencia para buscar la reelección". Proyecto Puente (in Mexican Spanish). 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ^ Moreno, Gustavo. "Alfonso Durazo presenta su gabinete oficial como gobernador de Sonora". El Sol de Hermosillo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ^ "Célida López presenta a su gabinete paritario". expreso.com.mx. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ^ Maytorena, Alberto. "Presenta alcaldesa Célida López Segundo Informe de Gobierno". El Sol de Hermosillo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ^ "Concreta Ayuntamiento de Hermosillo cancelación de concesión para el servicio de Alumbrado Público". Proyecto Puente (in Mexican Spanish). 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ^ "Rompen récord Fiestas del Pitic". El Imparcial (in European Spanish). 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2023-11-11.