Olegario Carrillo Meza
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Olegario Carrillo Meza | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Congress of Sonora from the 20th district | |
| In office 16 September 1997 – 15 September 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Lamberto Gálvez Díaz |
| Succeeded by | Antonio Leyva Duarte |
| Municipal president of Etchojoa | |
| In office 1994–1997 | |
| Preceded by | Octavio Sandoval Martínez |
| Succeeded by | Pablo Antonio Cruz Ontiveros |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nayarit, Mexico |
| Citizenship | Mexican |
| Party |  PMS (former)PRD |
Olegario Carrillo Meza is a Mexican politician representing the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). He served in the LV Legislature of the Congress of Sonora from 1997 to 2000.
A native of Nayarit,[1] Carrillo Meza earned a degree in agronomy engineering in the Soviet Union thanks to a scholarship from the Unión General de Obreros y Campesinos (General Union of Workers and Farmers).[2] Upon his return to Mexico, he served as a regidor (city councillor) in Etchojoa, Sonora from 1988 to 1991 as a member of the Mexican Socialist Party (PMS), which merged into the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).[3] He was elected as the municipal president of Etchojoa Municipality in 1994, defeating Gildardo Grajeda of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to become the first PRD candidate to win a municipal race in Sonora.[3][4] During his term, the Congress of Sonora appropriated part of the municipality to create the Benito Juárez Municipality.[3]
In 1997, Carrillo Meza was shortlisted by the PRD as a potential candidate in the gubernatorial election, but he declined in order to focus on campaigning for a spot in the state legislature.[5] He won a seat in the LV Legislature of the Congress of Sonora representing the 20th district of Etchojoa, serving a three-year term from 1997 to 2000.[3][6] He became popular among the indigenous populations in the Valle del Mayo and the Valle del Yaqui.[7] He also unsuccessfully challenged for a seat in the LVIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress in 2000, losing to Arturo León Lerma.[3]
Carrillo Meza left the PRD by endorsing PRI candidate Eduardo Bours for governor ahead of the 2003 election.[8]