Francisco Vega de Lamadrid

Francisco Vega de Lamadrid
Governor Francisco Vega (right) with U.S. Amb. Wayne
15th Governor of Baja California
Incumbent
Assumed office November 1, 2013
Preceded by	José Guadalupe Osuna Millán
17th Municipal president of Tijuana
In office 1998–2001
Preceded by	José Guadalupe Osuna Millán
Personal details
Born	(1955-05-22) May 22, 1955 Ciudad Obregón, Sonora
Political party	PAN
Alma mater	Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior
Religion	Roman Catholic

Francisco Vega de Lamadrid, also known as Kiko Vega (born 22 May 1955, in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora) is a Mexican politician of the National Action Party who is the 15th and current Governor of Baja California, for the term from 2013-2019. He previously served as the Municipal President of Tijuana, from 1998 to 2001. He later served as a member of Mexico's Chamber of Deputies as part of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress from 2009 to 2012. He succeeded José Guadalupe Osuna Millán, having taken office on 1 November 2013.^[1]

Early life

Vega graduated from the Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior in 1978 with a degree in business administration.^[2]

Candidacy for Governor

On November 2, 2011, while he was a federal deputy (or legislator), he announced his candidacy for governor of Baja California. On March 10, 2013 he won the PAN's primary election for the first time (having sought the nomination twice previously), beating another ex-mayor of Tijuana, Héctor Guillermo Osuna Jaime.^[3]

The Baja California governor's election took place on July 7, 2013. Vega's major opponent was Fernando Castro Trenti of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Apart from the PAN, Vega was also supported by the Party of the Democratic Revolution and the New Alliance; Trenti was supported by the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico and the Labor Party in addition to his own PRI. Vega won by 3% of the vote, 47% to 44%.^[4]

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