Rodolfo Landeros Gallegos (born 1931, died 11 October, 2001) was a former Mexican politician and member of the

Institutional Revolutionary Party The Institutional Revolutionary Party (, , PRI) is a List of political parties in Mexico, political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 as the National Revolutionary Party (, PNR), then as the Party of the Mexican Revolution (, PRM) and fin ...

. He served as governor of Aguascalientes from 1980 to 1986 and senator from 1976 to 1980. Rodolfo Landeros, popularly known as ''El Güero'', studied

public relations Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception. Pu ...

and media through which his political career was developed. He was in charge of press and social communication offices of the Presidency of the Republic and the National Executive Committee of the PRI during the government of

José López Portillo José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco (; 16 June 1920 – 17 February 2004) was a Mexican writer, lawyer, and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 58th president of Mexico from 1976 ...

. Elected as governor of

Aguascalientes Aguascalientes, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes, is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and with an average altitude of above sea level it is pre ...

in 1980, he accomplished important public works in the state and the capital. Landeros' term marked the beginning of a period of rapid economic development in the state. Despite being a member of the center-left PRI, Landeros was responsible for the first decentralized water management commission in Aguascalientes, a move toward privatization which allowed an independent commission to provide the service rather than the government directly providing water service.

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Biografía en el sitio oficial del Gobierno de Aguascalientes
{{DEFAULTSORT:Landeros Gallegos, Rodolfo Governors of Aguascalientes 1931 births 2001 deaths Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) 20th-century Mexican politicians Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians