Juan Salgado Brito

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Juan Salgado Brito
Salgado Brito in 2022
Secretary of Government of Morelos
In office
2024–2025
GovernorMargarita González Saravia
Personal details
Born(1948-02-29)29 February 1948
Tlaltizapán, Morelos, Mexico
Died27 October 2025(2025-10-27) (aged 77)
Political partyMorena (from 2014)
PRI (until 2006)
Alma materUAEM

Juan Salgado Brito[a] (29 February 1948 – 27 October 2025) was a Mexican politician. Long affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he joined the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) upon its creation in the early 2010s.

He served in both the state congress of his native Morelos and the Congress of the Union, and he was also elected to a term as municipal president of Cuernavaca. He contended for the governorship of Morelos in 2000 but lost to Sergio Estrada Cajigal of the opposition National Action Party. At the time of his death, he was a member of Governor Margarita González Saravia's cabinet.

Political career

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Salgado Brito was born in Tlaltizapán, Morelos, on 29 February 1948. He earned a law degree from the Autonomous University of Morelos (UAEM), followed by a master's and a doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).[1]

Representing the PRI, he served two terms in the Congress of Morelos (1973–1976 and 2003–2006) and two terms in the federal Chamber of Deputies: 1982–1985, for Morelos's 1st district, and 1994–1997, for Morelos's 3rd.[2][3][4]

In 1985–1988, he served as municipal president of Cuernavaca, Morelos.[5] At the start of his time in office as mayor, he had to deal with reconstruction following the 19 September 1985 earthquake. He also launched the Cuernavaca Flower Festival, built three public markets in the municipality, and undertook construction of a cultural centre in Teopanzolco opposite the archaeological site.[6][7]

He ran for governor of Morelos in 2000 [es] on the PRI ticket, but lost to Sergio Estrada Cajigal of the National Action Party (PAN), who became the state's first governor from an opposition party since the position was re-established in the aftermath of the 1910 Revolution.[5][8]

He acted as Andrés Manuel López Obrador's campaign coordinator in Morelos during his unsuccessful 2006 presidential bid and, in the 2010s, he was a founding member of López Obrador's National Regeneration Movement (Morena).[5][2] He sought the party's nomination for the governorship of Morelos in the 2024 election, but lost to Margarita González Saravia.[5]

Salgado Brito died on 27 October 2025, at the age of 77, while in office as secretary of government of Morelos under Governor González Saravia.[2] He was replaced by his under-secretary, Miguel Ángel Peláez Gerardo.[9]

Personal life

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At the time of his death, Salgado Brito was married to Laura Weiler Sierra.[10] One of his children, Magda Salgado Ponce, was elected to a plurinominal seat in the Chamber of Deputies in the 2024 general election, representing Morena,[11][12][13] and another, Juan Carlos Salgado Ponce, was appointed as Morelos's secretary of economic development in 2015 under Governor Graco Ramírez.[14][5]

Notes

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  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Salgado and the second or maternal family name is Brito.

References

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  1. ^ Álvarez Acevedo, Carlos (27 October 2025). "Fallece Juan Salgado Brito, secretario de Gobierno de Morelos; ex alcalde de Cuernavaca". Zeta.
  2. ^ a b c Pedroza, Estrella (27 October 2025). "Fallece el secretario de Gobierno de Morelos, Juan Salgado Brito". Proceso.
  3. ^ "Legislatura 52" (PDF). Biblioteca Virtual. Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Legislatura 56" (PDF). Biblioteca Virtual. Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Fallece Juan Salgado Brito, secretario de Gobierno de Morelos". El Financiero. 27 October 2025.
  6. ^ "Juan Salgado: Integrante de la comitiva de entrega-recepción del Gobierno de Morelos". 24 Morelos. 3 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Centro Cultural Teopanzolco". Arquitectos Prodcutora. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  8. ^ Durán, Diego (13 May 2024). "Quién es Sergio Estrada Cajigal, el exgobernador de Morelos y candidato del PAN que fue vinculado a proceso por violencia familiar y de género". Infobae.
  9. ^ Domínguez, Enrique (28 October 2025). "Miguel Ángel Peláez asume Secretaría de Gobierno tras muerte de Juan Salgado Brito". El Sol de Cuernavaca.
  10. ^ Domínguez, Enrique (27 October 2025). "Despiden a Juan Salgado Brito; 'Morelos pierde a un hombre íntegro'". El Sol de Cuernavaca.
  11. ^ "Fallece el secretario de Gobierno de Morelos, Juan Salgado Brito". Aristegui Noticias. 27 October 2025.
  12. ^ "Cuartos de Hotel". Índice Político. 3 March 2025.
  13. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Magda Erika Salgado Ponce, LXVI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  14. ^ "Morelos presenta nuevo gabinete". El Economista. 5 January 2015.