Regidor
{{short description|Member of a council of municipalities in Spain and Latin America}}
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A regidor (plural: regidores) is a member of a council of municipalities in Spain and Latin America. Portugal also used to have the same office of regedor.
Mexico
In Mexico, an ayuntamiento (municipal council) is composed of a municipal president (mayor), one or two síndicos (attorney general) and several regidores who meet in cabildo (council) sessions. A regidor is the community representative (commissioner) before the municipal government.
The responsibilities of a regidor are:{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051030015704/http://www.oscarzumaya.com/ |title=Regidor del XVIII Ayuntamiento de Tijuana |language=es |access-date=26 May 2019 |archive-date=30 October 2005 |url=http://www.oscarzumaya.com/ |first=Oscar |last=Zumaya Ojeda |work=C.P.Oscar Zumaya Ojeda}}
- To participate in council session and administer the interests of the municipality
- To exert faculties of inspection and oversee the branches of public administration
- To obtain information from the municipal president regarding the services offered by the different dependencies
- Propose or reform of municipal regulations
- Vote on municipal affairs
- To attend a commission assigned to them
- Promote social participation
- Propose measures for municipal development
All municipalities of Aguascalientes have five regidores and one síndico except for the capital, which has ten regidores and two síndicos.{{cite web |url=http://www.unam.mx/cesem/LORMS/AGS/agsii.htm |title=Título II (1). Régimen de Gobierno (ART. 25 AL 51) |work=Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |language=es |access-date=26 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041210110029/http://www.unam.mx:80/cesem/LORMS/AGS/agsii.htm |archive-date=10 December 2004}}