Víctor Cervera Pacheco

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cervera and the second or maternal family name is Pacheco.
Víctor Cervera
Victor Cervera during his 1995 gubernatorial campaign
Governor of Yucatán
In office
August 1, 1995 – July 31, 2001
Preceded byFederico Granja Ricalde
Succeeded byPatricio Patrón
In office
February 16, 1984 – January 31, 1988
Preceded byGraciliano Alpuche Pinzón
Succeeded byVíctor Manzanilla Schaffer
Secretary of Agrarian Reform
In office
1988–1994
PresidentCarlos Salinas de Gortari
Preceded byRafael Rodríguez Barrera
Succeeded byMiguel Limón Rojas
Personal details
Born(1936-04-23)April 23, 1936
Dzemul, Yucatán, Mexico
DiedAugust 18, 2004(2004-08-18) (aged 68)
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Political partyPRI
SpouseAmira Hernández Guerra

Víctor Manuel Cervera Pacheco (April 23, 1936 – August 18, 2004) was a Mexican politician who served as Governor of Yucatán from 1984 to 1988, and again from 1995 to 2001. From 1988 to 1994 Cervera served as Secretary of Agrarian Reform in the federal government.

Cervera was an active member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) while an elected official. He served as mayor of Mérida, Yucatán (1971–1973), local deputy in the Congress of Yucatán, Governor of Yucatán, federal deputy (for Yucatán's first district) in 1973–1976 and 1982–1984,[1][2] and in the federal executive cabinet.

He died on August 18, 2004, from a heart attack in the city of Mérida.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Legislatura 49" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  2. ^ "Legislatura 52" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  3. ^ "Víctor Cervera Pacheco, 68, Former Governor in Mexico". The New York Times. 2004-07-23. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  4. ^ Boffil Gómez, Luis A. (2004-08-19). "Murió el yucateco Víctor Cervera, figura del priísmo de viejo cuño" (in Spanish). La Jornada. Retrieved 2024-02-01.


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