Braulio Maldonado Sández
Mexican politician; Governor of Baja California
About Braulio Maldonado Sández
Lived 1903 – 1990 (aged 86–87). Braulio Maldonado Sández was a Mexican politician and jurist.
Braulio Maldonado Sández (1903 – 1990) was a Mexican politician who served as the first Governor of Baja California from 1953 until 1959. He was one of the most colorful leaders in the history of 20th-century Mexican politics.
Early life Sández was born in San José del Cabo, Baja California Territory, Mexico in 1903 to Cruz Maldonado Zumaya and Luisa Sández Ojeda.
After Baja California earned statehood, Maldonado was chosen as the gubernatorial candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He won the ensuing election in October 1953 to become the inaugural Governor of Baja California. Maldonado officially began his term as Governor on 1 December, taking part in a ceremony in Mexicali which was attended by President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines.
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Mexican politician; Governor of Baja California
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Braulio Maldonado Sández was born in 1903 in Baja California Territory.
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Braulio Maldonado Sández died in 1990.
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Braulio Maldonado Sández was a politician and jurist.
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