Ixtapa Zihuatanejo - Government of the City (Municipality) and State
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Brief description of the City
& Municipality Government:
As of May 6th, 2008 and as stated on Decree No. 450 of the
Congress of the State of Guerrero, our municipality changed its name to
Municipio de Zihuatanejo de Azueta. From its creation until
that time it bore the name of "Municipio de José Azueta"
The
Ayuntamiento Municipal (Municipality City
Hall) resides in the City of Zihuatanejo and is composed by the
Presidente Municipal (Municipal President or
Mayor), two Sindico Procurador (Syndics, comptroller
with similar duties of a CAO), twelve Regidores
(Councilmen, representatives of political parties that obtained at
least a 3% of the votes) and a Secretario General
(Secretary General). The Secretary General is an appointed officer and
consequently he doesn't have a vote in the City Council.
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Jorge Sanchez Allec Municipal President 2018 - 2021 |
Our
present Municipal President is Lic. Jorge Sanchez
Allec. He assumed office on September 30th, 2018. His
political affiliation is to the P.R.I. (Partido Revolucionario
Institucional). He is a lawyer and in the past he held offices in
municipality and state administrations.
The
present City Council is formed by seven representatives of the P.R.I party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional) that are the "Presidente
Municipal" (Municipal President), two "Síndicos"
(Syndics) and four "Regidores" (Councilmen), also by
three "Regidores" (Councilmen)
of the P.R.D.
party (Partido de la Revolución Democrática), three "Regidores"
(Councilmen)
of the MORENA party (Partido Regeneracion Nacional), one "Regidor"
(Councilman) of the P.V.E. party (Partido Verde Ecologista) and one "Regidor"
(Councilman) of the P.C.G. party (Partido Coincidencia Guerrerense).
The
term in office is three years and the Council members may be reelected
to the same office for the immediate subsequent term for one time. The
next election for "Presidente Municipal", "Sindicos", Regidores and "Diputados
Locales" (District Congressman) will be held on the first Sunday in July
2021 and elected members will assume office in October 1st. of said year.
Due
to changes in the electoral laws in the year 2015, the
elected persons can run for reelection to the same office in the
immediate subsequent term for one time. If they are reelected, then they
must wait a full term to contend again for the same office but they may
content for another office without the waiting period. Before the
changes in the laws they couldn't be reelected.
The
Ayuntamiento (City Hall) has many Direcciones
Municipales (Area Directors) with the responsibilities of
Treasury, Public Works, Public Safety, Urban Development, Public
Services, Public Sanitation, Tourism, Economy Development, Business
Activities, etc., as with the par-municipal Potable Water
System known as C.A.P.A.Z. which stands for
Comisión de Agua Potable y Alcantarillado de Zihuatanejo (Zihuatanejo's
Potable Water and Sewer Commission)
Our
Municipality was created on December 23rd., 1953 by petition of the
people of Zihuatanejo during the administration of State Governor
Lic. Alejandro Gomez Maganda. The decree
was enforced on January 1st., 1954 and by consensus
Sr. Dario Galeana Farfan was appointed as
the first President of the Consejo Municipal (Municipal Council) until
the first official election, one year later.
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Previous Shield 1954 - 2000 |
Present Shield 2000 |
In
mid 2000 a contest was held between local artists and designers in order to
modernize and upgrade our municipal shield.
The
population is approximately 100000 inhabitants of which more than 60000 live
in the urban area of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo and nearby towns. It has approximately
160 communities, 15
Comisarías Ejidales (Commissary) and same number of
Comisarías Municipales. The elected and
appointed commissaries
represent the interests of the people and the government in those rural locations.
The
extension of our Municipality is approximately 2,000 Km2 (494210 sq. acres). It is located in
the area know as Costa Grande (the long
shore) in the State of Guerrero. To the north are municipalities of
Coyuca de Catalan and
Coahuayutla, to the south the Pacific Ocean,
to the west municipality of La Union and to
the east municipality of Petatlan. Its
territory is mostly a large flat land edging the ocean and medium to
tall mountains to the north, with exuberant vegetation where many fine
woods are found.
The
main activities are tourism, primarily in Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo and nearby
places, fishing, cattle raising and agriculture with corn, mango,
papaya, bananas, etc.
In
Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo there are permanent State
Government's Delegation Offices such as State Tourism Bureau, State
Transportation Bureau, etc.
For
information of offices and phone numbers of our Municipal Government
(City Hall), visit its website (in Spanish)
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Brief description of our State...
Guerrero
is located in the south part of the Mexico's Republic. To the north
the States of Michoacan and
Morelos, to the south the
Pacific Ocean, to the east the States of
Puebla and Oaxaca
and to the west the State of Michoacan. It
has 81 Municipios (Municipalities) and some of its major cities are
Acapulco,
Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Chilpancingo,
Iguala and Taxco.
Its extension is 63794 Km2 (15763840 sq. acres) and it was created on
October 27th., 1849. It takes its name in honor of
General Vicente Guerrero (1782-1831) a patriot in Mexico's
independence revolution.
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Hector Astudillo Flores State Governor 2015 - 2021 |
Our
present Governor is Lic. Hector Astudillo Flores
who took office on
October 27th, 2015. His political affiliation is to the P.R.I. (Partido Revolucionario
Institucional) political party. He is a lawyer graduated from the UNAM
(Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico). Past
offices held by him are Federal Senator (2000-2006), District Congressman
(1994-1997, 1999-1999 and 2012-2015), Municipal President of the City of
Chilpancingo (1996-1999 and 2009-2012), among other positions held in
the state government and within his political party.
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Our
State Government resides in the State Capitol, the City of
Chilpancingo, located midway between Mexico
City and Acapulco. All State Secretaries have their offices at the
Capitol city with the exception of the Tourism Secretary whose office is
located in Acapulco.
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The
term in office of the Governor is 6 years and the present state
administration ends on October 2021 and the new
administration will take office. Next election for Governor will be held on the
first Sunday of July 2021.
If
you want to see more information about the Government of the State of
Guerrero
for its website. In Spanish only.
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Federal Government...
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Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador President of Mexico 2018 - 2024 |
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you would like to read news about our President and the Federal Government,
for the Presidency of the Republic information website. Select English language at site.
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Holidays & Festivities...
School
vacations: Middle of December to first week in January, holy week,
middle of July to middle of August, official holidays and SEP (Secretary
of Public Education) designated off days.
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