Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas

Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas (30 June 1968 – 24 December 2018) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). He was the governor of Puebla from February 2011 through January 2017.[2]

Rafael Moreno Valle
Governor of Puebla
In office
1 February 2011 – 31 January 2017
Preceded byMario Plutarco Marín Torres
Succeeded byJosé Antonio Gali Fayad
Senator for Puebla
In office
1 September 2006 – 4 July 2010
Preceded byGermán Sierra Sánchez
Succeeded byMaría Leticia Jasso
Deputy of the Congress of the Union
for the 8th district of Puebla
In office
1 September 2003 – 11 August 2004
Preceded byJaime Alcántara Silva
Succeeded byJosé López Medina
Personal details
Born(1968-06-30)30 June 1968
Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Died24 December 2018(2018-12-24) (aged 50)
Coronango, Puebla, Mexico
Political partyNational Action Party
Spouse
(m. 2004)
Alma materLycoming College
Boston University School of Law[1]
ProfessionLawyer and economist

Moreno Valle also served as a deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Puebla and as a senator in the LX, LXI and LXIV Legislatures.[3]

Moreno Valle was the grandson of Rafael Moreno Valle, a doctor and politician who also served as the governor of Puebla from 1969 to 1972.[4] He was also the spouse of Martha Erika Alonso Hidalgo, the first woman governor of Puebla.

Death

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On 24 December 2018, a helicopter carrying Moreno Valle, his wife Martha Erika Alonso Hidalgo, and other PAN politicians from the state crashed in a field near the town of Santa María Coronango,[5] half an hour from the city of Puebla, killing both. In a tweet, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador indicated that Alonso and Moreno Valle were on the downed aircraft.[6] At the time, Moreno Valle was a proportional representation senator.[3] Alonso had become the first female governor of Puebla only ten days before she was killed.

A 27 March 2020 report by Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT) concluded that the helicopter “should not have flown” because of a preexisting problem with a stability system on the helicopter that both the operator and the maintenance crew knew about.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Gobierno". Archived from the original on 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
  2. ^ "Recibe Moreno Valle constancia de mayoría como gobernador electo". Milenio Diario. 11 July 2010. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Perfil del legislador". Legislative Information System. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Falleció el general Rafael Moreno Valle, ex gobernador de Puebla". Milenio. 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  5. ^ "Se estrella avioneta en Puebla en pleno 24 de diciembre". El Sol de Puebla. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Martha Erika y Rafael Moreno Valle irían en aeronave caída: AMLO". E-Consulta. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Malfunction caused copter crash that killed Mexico governor". Associated Press. March 27, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Puebla
2011–2017
Succeeded by