List of mayors of Valledupar
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Valledupar, Colombia. (Spanish: Alcaldes de Valledupar)
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| Term | Mayor | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| c. 1550 | Emilio de la Cruz | Valledupar founded in 1550 by Hernando de Santana and accompanied by Juan de Castellanos |
| Cristobal de Almonacid | ||
| 1576 | Lope de Orozco[1] | |
| 1806 - 1813 | Marqués de Valde-Hoyos[2] | |
| 1826 | José Manuel Martinez[2] | |
| 1906 | Moisés Martínez[3] | |
| 1951 - 1954 | Tte. Jose Joaquin Diaz Linero | |
| 1955 | Jorge Dangond Daza[4] | |
| 1963 | Jaime Dangon Ovalle[5] | |
| 1965 - 1966 | Jose Joaquin Diaz Linero | |
| September 13, 1966 - December 16, 1967 | Jose Guillermo Castro[3] | |
| 1967 | Manuel German Cuello | |
| September 21, 1968 | Jaime Calderon Bruges | |
| August 22, 1970 | Jorge Dangond Daza | |
| June 19, 1971 | Edgardo Pupo Pupo | |
| August 20, 1974 | Miguel Meza Valera | |
| 1975 | Jaime Calderon Bruges | |
| 1977 | Camilo Lacouture Dangond | |
| 1978 | Guillermo Castro Mejia | |
| 1978 | Miguel Gnecco Hernandez | |
| 1981 | Maria Clara Quintero de Daza | |
| 1982 | Alfredo Cuello Davila | |
| 1986 | Fausto Cotes Núñez[6] | |
| July 10, 1990 - May 31, 1992 | Aníbal Martínez Zuleta | Former Controller General of Colombia, jailed on January 29, 1985 for corruption. Elected mayor with 29,542 votes |
| 1992 - 1994 | Rodolfo Campo Soto | First popularly elected mayor of Valledupar |
| January 1, 1995 - December 31, 1997 | Johnny Perez Oñate[7] | |
| 1998 - 2000 | Rodolfo Campo Soto[7] | |
| January 1, 2001 - December 31, 2004 | Elias Ochoa Daza | |
| January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2007 | Ciro Arturo Pupo Castro[8] | Won with 42,889 votes against Jose Calixto Mejia 31,335 votes. |
| January 1, 2008 | Ruben Carvajal | |
| Luis Fabian Fernandez | ||
| Fredy Socarras |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Gutierrez Hinojosa 2000, p. 27
- ^ a b Castro Trespalacios 1979, p. 209
- ^ a b (in Spanish) El Pilon: Valledupar: a vast territory[permanent dead link]
- ^ (in Spanish) Valledupar.com: Symbols
- ^ "El Cesar, Hijo del Amor". Jaime Dangon Ovalle. First Edition. November 1987.
- ^ (in Spanish) Encuentro Internacional Medellin - Practicas artisticas contemporaneas: Tarima 'Francisco El Hombre' de Valledupar podría ser demolida por invadir el espacio público Archived 2015-03-26 at archive.today
- ^ a b (in Spanish) INCODER: ROdolfo Campo Soto[permanent dead link]
- ^ (in Spanish) intervallenato.com: Ciro Pupo, Mayor - Hernando Molina, Governor Archived 2008-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
References
[edit]- Gutierrez Hinojosa, Tomas Dario (2000), Valledupar Musica de una Historia, Bogota: Editorial Grijalbo LTDA, ISBN 958-639-175-2
- Castro Trespalacios, Pedro (1979), Culturas Aborigenes Cesarences e Independencia de Valle de Upar, Bogota: Casa de la Cultura de Valledupar
External links
[edit]- (in Spanish) Government of Valledupar