Rolando Zapata Bello | |
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Governor of Yucatán | |
In office 1 October 2012 – 1 October 2018 | |
Preceded by | Ivonne Ortega Pacheco |
Succeeded by | Mauricio Vila Dosal |
Personal details | |
Born | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico | 11 August 1968
Political party | PRI |
Alma mater | Autonomous University of Yucatán |
Profession | Lawyer |
Rolando Rodrigo Zapata Bello (born 11 August 1968) is a Mexican politician and lawyer affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as governor of Yucatán from 2012 to 2018.[1]
He previously served as a federal deputy in the 61st Congress (2009 to 2011) representing Yucatán's fourth district.[2] He resigned his seat on 14 December 2011 to contend for the governorship[3] and was replaced for the remainder of his term by Daniel Jesús Granja Peniche.[4]
Zapata Bello won election as one of Yucatán's senators in the 2024 Senate election, occupying the first place on the Fuerza y Corazón por México coalition's two-name formula.[5] The coalition placed second in the election and Zapata Bello was duly elected as the state's third senator.[6]