In 1999 he lost the PRI candidacy for governor of Baja California Sur. He quit the PRI and instead ran for governor representing a coalition of the Party of the Democratic Revolution and the Labor Party (PT). He won the election and served as governor from 1999 to 2005.
In 2005 Cota became president of the PRD with over 76% of the vote.
He would later shift to Nueva Alianza in a failed bid for the Municipal Presidency of Los Cabos. He would then revert to PRD, for the 2012 general elections, looking for a Senate seat. This makes PAN the only major Mexican political party to which he has not belonged.
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(in Spanish) La Jornada: Leonel Cota, virtual presidente del PRD
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leonel, cota, montaño, this, spanish, name, first, paternal, surname, cota, second, maternal, family, name, montaño, leonel, efraín, cota, montaño, born, april, 1958, santiago, mexican, politician, former, governor, baja, california, former, president, party, . In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Cota and the second or maternal family name is Montano Leonel Efrain Cota Montano born 23 April 1958 in Santiago is a Mexican politician He is a former governor of Baja California Sur and former president of the Party of the Democratic Revolution PRD He was the first non PRI governor of Baja California Sur Leonel CotaLeonel Cota studied political science at the National Autonomous University of Mexico He began his political career as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI which he represented in the Chamber of Deputies from 1994 to 1996 and as municipal president of La Paz from 1997 to 1999 In 1999 he lost the PRI candidacy for governor of Baja California Sur He quit the PRI and instead ran for governor representing a coalition of the Party of the Democratic Revolution and the Labor Party PT He won the election and served as governor from 1999 to 2005 In 2005 Cota became president of the PRD with over 76 of the vote He would later shift to Nueva Alianza in a failed bid for the Municipal Presidency of Los Cabos He would then revert to PRD for the 2012 general elections looking for a Senate seat This makes PAN the only major Mexican political party to which he has not belonged External links edit in Spanish La Jornada Leonel Cota virtual presidente del PRDPolitical officesPreceded byGuillermo Mercado Romero Governor of Baja California Sur1999 2005 Succeeded byNarciso AgundezParty political officesPreceded byLeonel Godoy President of the Party of the Democratic Revolution2005 2008 Succeeded byvacant nbsp This article about an Institutional Revolutionary Party politician born in the 1950s who served in the Chamber of Deputies is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leonel Cota Montano amp oldid 1175897418, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
