Baja California,officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California,is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952,the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California. It has an area of 70,113 km2 (27,071 sq mi) and comprises the northern half of the Baja California Peninsula,north of the 28th parallel,plus oceanic Guadalupe Island. The mainland portion of the state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean;on the east by Sonora,the U.S. state of Arizona,and the Gulf of California;on the north by the U.S. state of California;and on the south by Baja California Sur.
The municipality of Ensenada is the fourth-largest municipality in Mexico with a land area of 19,526.8 km2 (7,539.3 sq mi) in 2020,about the same size as Hidalgo state and larger than five Mexican states.
The governor of Baja California represents the executive branch of the government of the state of Baja California,Mexico,per the state's constitution. The official title is "Free and Sovereign State of Baja California",and the position is democratically elected for a period of 6 years,and is not re-electable. From 1953 to 2019,the governor's term began November 1 of the year of the election and finishes October 31,six years later. To coincide with the federal elections,the law was changed,decreeing there would be an election in 2019,another in 2021,and yet another in 2024 before reverting to a six-year term.
Bonilla is a surname of Spanish origin. It may refer to:
JoséGuadalupe Osuna Millán is a Mexican economist and politician member of the National Action Party (PAN) who served as Governor of Baja California.
XHPRS-FM is a commercial FM radio station transmitting from Cerro Bola and Tecate,Baja California,Mexico,and serving the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. The station is owned and operated by Media Sports de México,the legal name of Primer Sistema de Noticias,owned by businessman and former Baja California governor Jaime Bonilla Valdez. It airs PSN's primary talk programming.
Sergio Abreu Bonilla is a Uruguayan lawyer,diplomat,politician,musician and professor of International Law of the National Party (PN). Since February 15,2020,he has served as Senator of the Republic.
This is a list of events that happened in 2013 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.
Lorena Cuéllar Cisneros is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) who serves as the Governor of Tlaxcala. Formerly she served as a member of the Labor Party (PT) as a federal deputy in the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Tlaxcala;she had previously been a senator and mayor of the state capital of Tlaxcala.
Jaime Bonilla Valdez is a Mexican politician and entrepreneur who served as the Governor of Baja California from 2019 to 2021. A member of the National Regeneration Movement party,he has been a Federal Congressman and a Senator of the Republic.
Events in the year 2003 in Mexico.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Baja California since 3 November 2017 when the Secretary General of Government,Francisco Rueda Gómez,instructed the state's civil registry to immediately begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples and cease enforcement of the state's same-sex marriage ban. This was in line with jurisprudence established by the Mexican Supreme Court,which has ruled that same-sex marriage bans violate Articles 1 and 4 of the Constitution of Mexico. Previously,Baja California had banned same-sex marriage both by statute and in its state constitution.
Guadelupe "Lupita" Novelo Osuna is a former professional tennis player from Mexico.
Joel Molina Ramírez was a Mexican politician and senator representing the state of Tlaxcala from the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party. He served in the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress from February 2019 until his death in office from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico in October 2020,seven days short from his 78th birthday.
The LXV Legislature of the Mexican Congress is the current legislature of Mexico. It was elected on 6 June 2021 at the 2021 Mexican legislative election.
María Guadalupe Saldaña Cisneros is a Mexican politician,a member of the National Action Party. Since September 1,2018 she has been a senator of the Republic in the LXIV legislature representing the state of Baja California Sur.
ElíCésar Eduardo Cervantes Rojas is a Mexican politician and teacher affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement party. Since May 2021,he has been a senator of the republic representing the state of San Luis Potosí.
Ernesto Pérez Astorga is a Mexican politician and businessman,affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement party. He was a senator of the Congress of the Union in the LXIV Legislature representing the state of Veracruz from May 28,2019,to April 30,2020.
Ricardo Velázquez Meza is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party. Since December 6,2018,he has been a senator of the republic representing the state of Baja California Sur in the LXIV Legislature of the Congress of the Union.
Nancy Guadalupe Sánchez Arredondo is a Mexican politician. Since July 2020,she has been a senator of the Congress of the Union on a national list.
