• Source: Regidor

      • A regidor (plural: regidores) is a member of a council of municipalities in Spain and Latin America. Portugal also used to have the same office of regedor.


      Mexico


      In Mexico, an ayuntamiento (municipal council) is composed of a municipal president (mayor), one or two síndicos (attorney general) and several regidores who meet in cabildo (council) sessions. A regidor is the community representative (commissioner) before the municipal government.
      The responsibilities of a regidor are:

      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:

      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 except for the capital, which has ten regidores and two síndicos.


      See also


      Corregidor
      Corregimiento
      Alcalde
      Alcalde ordinario
      Sargento mayor
      Cabildo (council)
      Síndico
      Ayuntamiento
      Teniente a guerra
      Santa Hermandad


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