In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ruffo and the second or maternal family name is Appel.
Ernesto Ruffo Appel
10th Governor of Baja California
In office 1 November 1989 – 31 October 1995
Preceded by
Oscar Baylón Chacón
Succeeded by
Hector Terán Terán
Senator to the Congress of the Union for Baja California
In office 1 September 2012 – 31 August 2018
Preceded by
Alejandro González Alcocer
Succeeded by
Jaime Bonilla Valdez
Personal details
Born
(1952-06-25) 25 June 1952 (age 71) San Diego, California, U.S.
Nationality
Mexican
Political party
National Action Party (PAN)
Profession
Businessperson
Ernesto Ruffo Appel (born 25 June 1952) is a Mexican politician, who served as the 10th Governor of Baja California from 1989 to 1995. A member of the National Action Party (PAN), Ruffo was the first state governor not affiliated with the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 1929.[1]
Born in San Diego, California, to Mexican parents, Ruffo attended elementary school in the coastal town of Ensenada in the state of Baja California. He attended college at the Monterrey campus of the ITESM graduating with a bachelor's degree in business. He became a member of PAN in 1982 and was elected municipal president of the municipality of Ensenada (the biggest municipality in Mexico with 51,952 km2) in 1986. In 1989 he was elected governor of the state of Baja California in a major upset. In the year 2000, he supported the candidacy of Vicente Fox, former President of Mexico, he was the Coordinator of Migration Affairs for the Northern Border until 2006, when Mexican President Vicente Fox's government ended. He was a Senate supply in the LX legislature, and served one term as a Senator for Baja California in the LXII and LXIII legislatures from 2012 to 2018.
Preceded by
Oscar Baylón Chacón
Governor of Baja California 1989–1995
Succeeded by
Héctor Terán Terán
Preceded by
David Ojeda
Municipal president of Ensenada 1986–1989
Succeeded by
Enrique Chapela (interim)
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