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 | |
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Governor of Puebla | |
In office 1 February 2011 – 31 January 2017 | |
Preceded by | Mario Plutarco Marín Torres |
Succeeded by | José Antonio Gali Fayad |
Senator for Puebla | |
In office 1 September 2006 – 4 July 2010 | |
Preceded by | Germán Sierra Sánchez |
Succeeded by | María Leticia Jasso |
Deputy of the Congress of the Union for the 8th district of Puebla | |
In office 1 September 2003 – 11 August 2004 | |
Preceded by | Jaime Alcántara Silva |
Succeeded by | José López Medina |
Personal details | |
Born | Puebla, Puebla, Mexico | 30 June 1968
Died | 24 December 2018 Coronango, Puebla, Mexico | (aged 50)
Political party | National Action Party |
Spouse | |
Alma mater | Lycoming College Boston University School of Law[1] |
Profession | Lawyer 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
editOn 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
edit- ^ "Gobierno". Archived from the original on 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Perfil del legislador". Legislative Information System. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ "Falleció el general Rafael Moreno Valle, ex gobernador de Puebla". Milenio. 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
- ^ "Se estrella avioneta en Puebla en pleno 24 de diciembre". El Sol de Puebla. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ "Martha Erika y Rafael Moreno Valle irían en aeronave caída: AMLO". E-Consulta. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ "Malfunction caused copter crash that killed Mexico governor". Associated Press. March 27, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2020.