Armando Leyson

Armando Leyson Castro (born 28 September 1956) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

Leyson was the municipal president of Guasave from 1999 to 2001 and, in the 2003 mid-terms, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent Sinaloa's 4th district during the 59th session of Congress.^[1] He also served as president of the Diablos Azules de Guasave football team and vice president of the Algodoneros de Guasave baseball team.^[2]

Leyson comes from a political family. His father, Miguel Leyson Pérez, served as a federal deputy in the 47th Congress as well as the municipal president of Guasave from 1943 to 1944.^[2] His brother, José Luis Leyson Castro, was a federal deputy in the 56th Congress and municipal president of Guasave from 1984 to 1986.^[2]