Armando Leyson Castro (born 28 September 1956) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the

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(PRI). Leyson was the

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from 1999 to 2001 and, in the 2003 mid-terms, he was elected to the

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to represent

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during the 59th session of

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. He also served as president of the

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football team and vice president of the

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baseball team. Leyson comes from a political family. His father, Miguel Leyson Pérez, served as a federal deputy in the

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as well as the municipal president of Guasave from 1943 to 1944. His brother, José Luis Leyson Castro, was a federal deputy in the 56th Congress and municipal president of Guasave from 1984 to 1986.

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1956 births Living people People from Guasave Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians 20th-century Mexican politicians Municipal presidents in Sinaloa Deputies of the LIX Legislature of Mexico Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Sinaloa National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni {{Mexico-deputy-InstitutionalRevolutionary-1950s-stub