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Alfonso Petersen Farah (born 2 February 1961) is a Mexican physician and politician who served as 
municipal president
A ''presidente municipal'' ( English: "municipal president") is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. This title was also used in the Philippines during the Spanish and American colonial periods; it is comparable to a mayor of the tow ...
of Guadalajara, Jalisco
Guadalajara ( ; ) is the capital and the most populous city in the western Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco, as well as the most densely populated municipality in Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population ...
, from 2007 to 2009.
Petersen studied medicine at the LaSalle University and the National Autonomous University of Mexico
The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public university, public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countri ...
(UNAM). He also served as Jalisco
Jalisco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in western Mexico and is bordered by s ...
's state health secretary. In July 2006, he was elected municipal president of Guadalajara, representing the National Action Party (PAN), and assumed office on 31 December 2006.
In October 2009, during the 2009 flu pandemic
The 2009 swine flu pandemic, caused by the H1N1/swine flu/influenza virus and declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) from June 2009 to August 2010, was the third recent flu pandemic involving the H1N1 virus (the first being the 1918â ...
, Petersen resigned his position and was succeeded by Alfonso Gutiérrez Carranza as Jalisco's secretary of public health.
See also
* 2006, Jalisco state electionReferences
{{DEFAULTSORT:Petersen, Alfonso National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni 1961 births Politicians from Guadalajara, Jalisco Living people Municipal presidents of Guadalajara, Jalisco 21st-century Mexican politicians Universidad La Salle México alumni