Benjamín Medrano Quezada, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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First openly-gay municipal president in Mexico
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Place of Birth: Nochistlán de Mejía, Zacatecas, Mexico
About Benjamín Medrano Quezada
- Benjamín Medrano Quezada is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
- He served as state congressman from 2010 to 2013 and, on 7 July 2013, he was elected municipal president of Fresnillo, the largest municipality in the state of Zacatecas.According to press reports, he became the first openly gay citizen in the history of Mexico to be elected municipal president, being elected municipal president of Fresnillo, Zacatecas.
- He did not, however, became the first openly gay Mexican citizen to be elected to a political post, as the country has elected openly gay and lesbian congresspeople since 1997.
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