Armando León Bejarano Valadez (April 11, 1916 – July 6, 2016) was a Mexican orthopedic surgeon, physician, politician, and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as the Governor of Morelos from 1976 until 1982.[1][2][3]
Bejarano was born in Cuautla, Morelos, on April 11, 1916, to Jesús Bejarano Nuñez and Carmen Marcia Valadez Lizarraga.[2] He was the youngest of his brothers.[1][4] Bajarano studied at the medical school of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) from 1933 to 1938 and received his degree on July 18, 1939, becoming a surgeon and midwife.[5] He specialized in orthopedics and trauma.[5]
Bejaranos was the medical director of the Olympic Village during the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.[1]
Bejarano was appointed the PRI candidate for Governor of Morelos to succeed outgoing Governor Felipe Rivera Crespo.[3] His candidacy proved controversial, as Bejarano had no political experience in Morelos at the time.[3] Bejarano's friendship and connections with then-President of Mexico José López Portillo allowed him to jump from a position at the Office of Food and Beverages at the federal Secretariat of Health directly to the gubernatorial candidacy of Morelos state without opposition.[3] Bejarano, a candidate for the governing PRI, was elected Governor and served in that office May 1976 until 1982. He was succeeded by Lauro Ortega Martínez, a former President of PRI.[3]
Bejarano later served as a judge within the Morela state judiciary.[3]
Armando León Bejarano died at his home in Cuernavaca, Morelos, on July 6, 2016, at the age of 100 due to old age.[1] His survivors are his son and daughters Armando Berjarano Almada, Gloria Bejarano Almada and María de Lourdes Bejarano Almada[1]
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