Silvano Aureoles Conejo


Silvano Aureoles Conejo is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution and the current governor of Michoacán.

Political career

An agricultural engineer and has a Master in Science in Forestry for Regional Rural Development from the Chapingo Autonomous University, Aureoles Conejo has been Executive Commissioner and State Executive Coordinator, participating in discussion forums MOCAF network representation, member of the General Coordination of Permanent Agrarian Congress Agricultural and Forestry Front Worthy's Budget for Field
Aureoles Conejo was a Federal Deputy in the LVIII Legislature, President of the Rural Development Commission, a member of the Committees on Forestry, Agriculture, Ecology and Environment in the Chamber of Deputies. He was Mayor of Zitácuaro, President of the Coordinating Municipalista of Michoacán and Secretary General of the Association of Local Authorities of Mexico AC. In his native Michoacán, he served as Secretary of Agricultural Development, was also President of the Mexican Association of Secretaries of Rural Development, AC. He was Senator in the LX and LXI Legislature, Chairman of the Committee on Water Resources, Secretary of Agrarian Reform Commission, Secretary of the Committee on Foreign Relations, North America, was a member of the Committees on Agriculture and Livestock, and the Commission of Government and Justice.
In 2012, he was the Deputy Coordinator of the Parliamentary Group of the Party of the Democratic Revolution in the Senate. He was a gubernatorial candidate for the PRD to the Government of Michoacán in 2011. In 2012, he assumed the Vice Presidency of the Board of the Senate. In 2012 he was elected federal deputy for the District 03 of Zitacuaro, Michoacán. He was the Coordinator of the Parliamentary Faction of the PRD in the Chamber of Deputies for the legislature LXIILXII Legislature
In 2015, Aureoles Conejo ran for governor of Michoacán; he won with a plurality of 36.17% of the votes. On October 1, he assumed office and was sworn as governor.