César Raúl Ojeda Zubieta (born July 20, 1952) is a Mexican politician, member of the

Party of the Democratic Revolution The Party of the Democratic Revolution (, , PRD) is a state-level social democracy, social democratic political party in Mexico (previously national, until 2024). The PRD originated from the Democratic Current, a political faction formed in 198 ...

, previously member of the

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; is for third consecutive occasion, candidate of the PRD for

Governor of Tabasco A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a ''governor'' ma ...

. César Raúl Ojeda was born in

Villahermosa, Tabasco Villahermosa ( , ; "Beautiful Town") is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Tabasco, and serves as the municipal seat (governing county) of the state. Located in Southeast Mexico, Villahermosa is an important city because of its ...

. He studied

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at 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 ...

and is a well-known businessman in the hotel industry. He began his political career inside the

, serving in the LII Legislature of the

Congress of Tabasco The Honorable Congress of the State of Tabasco () is the legislative branch of the government of the List of states of Mexico, State of Tabasco. The Congress is the governmental deliberative assembly, deliberative body of Tabasco, which is equa ...

. That carried him as the candidate for

Tabasco Tabasco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Tabasco, 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa. It i ...

's 1st district to the LVI Legislature in 1994 then he was elected. In 2000 the PRD nominated him as their candidate for governor, after he left the PRI with the supposed insurance that he would be the candidate of the PRD to the governorship,

Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican former politician, political scientist, public administrator and writer who served as the 65th president of Mexico from 2018 to 2024. He se ...

, to decide to compete for the Government of the

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, in these elections was faced for first you see that PRI candidate

Manuel Andrade Díaz Manuel Andrade Díaz (born 1965 in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Villahermosa, Tabasco) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party, Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI and former Governor of Tabasco. He holds a law ...

, the elections gave the triumph to Andrade, the

Federal Electoral Tribunal The Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary ( or ) is a venue within the judiciary of Mexico specializing in electoral matters. Among its functions are resolving disputes arising within federal elections and certifying the validity of t ...

resolved the annulment of the elections that to consider that the government state headline by Roberto Madrazo Pintado had favored illegally to Andrade, the elections were repeated with the same candidates and Ojeda again was defeated, although the accused again that PRI candidate of fraud. According to results of the Electoral Institute of the State of Tabasco, not winner of this electoral process resulted, nevertheless, itself informed of the results of the election before the

, that on December 27, 2006 emitted its resolution, declaring 7 polling stations annulled, but ratifying the triumph of

Andrés Granier Melo Andrés Rafael Granier Melo (born March 5, 1948) is a former Mexican politician. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he served as Governor of Tabasco from 2007 to 2012. Early life and political career Granier Melo was bo ...

, to declare that the

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managed to show the irregularities that had denounced.They validate election in Tabasco despite admit irregularities
''El Universal'', 27 December 2006.

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