Gabriel Covarrubias Ibarra
Gabriel Covarrubias Ibarra was a Mexican politician and a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
Covarrubias was a public accountant by profession and worked for the state treasury before entering politics. He served as municipal president of Guadalajara from 1989 to 1992. As municipal president, he make his own count of inhabitants after disagreeing with the figures from the INEGI. Covarrubias led the filing of a legal appeal against the electricity tariffs of the CFE. He also received recognition for refusing to grant authorization for a gay pride parade. He also served as president of the board of reconstruction after the explosions of 22 April 1992.
He was a Senator from 1997 to 2000, serving on a number of commissions including Industrial Development, Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development, and Treasury and Credit.
Covarrubias died on 2 August 2018 in Guadalajara.
