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Xavier Antonio Abreu Sierra (born February 11, 1950, in
Mérida, Yucatán Mérida (, ) is the capital of the List of states of Mexico, Mexican state of Yucatán, and the largest city in southeastern Mexico. The city is also the seat of the Mérida Municipality, eponymous municipality. It is located slightly inland fro ...
) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN).


Political career

Abreu has been an active PAN member since 1981. From 1985 to 1988 he was member of the
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. From 1998 to 2001 he served as municipal president of Mérida. Abreu served in the cabinet of Governor Patricio Patrón Laviada as Secretary of Social Development. In December 2006, Abreu contested for the PAN nomination for Governor of Yucatán; he won the PAN
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defeating Ana Rosa Payán and Luis Correa Mena. In February 2007, the New Alliance party showed support for Abreu by nominating him as their "''common candidate''" to the state government. This means that Xavier Abreu was the candidate for both PAN and Nueva Alianza. Abreu lost the election to the
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candidate Ivonne Ortega.


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Campaign site of Xavier AbreuState PAN site
1950 births Living people National Action Party (Mexico) politicians Municipal presidents of Mérida Mexican people of Catalan descent Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) 20th-century Mexican politicians 21st-century Mexican politicians Politicians from Mérida, Yucatán {{Mexico-mayor-stub