Regidor

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A Regidor is a member of a council of municipalities in Spain and Latin America. Portugal also used to have the same office of Regedor.

[edit] Mexico

In Mexico, an ayuntamiento is composed of a municipal president (mayor), one or two síndicos (attorney general) and several regidores who meet in cabildo sessions. A regidor is the community representative before the municipal government^[1].

The responsibilities of a regidor are^[2]:

• To participate in council session and administer the interests of the municipality
• To exert faculties of inspection and oversee the branches of public administration
• to obtain information from the municipal president regarding the services offered by the different dependencies

Some activities of a regidor are^[1]:

• Propose or reform of municipal regulations
• Vote on municipal affairs
• To attend a commission assigned to them:
• Promote social participation
• Propose measures for municipal development

All municipalities of Aguascalientes have five regidores and one síndico, with the exception of the capital that has ten regidores and two síndicos^[3].

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