Leonel Cota Montaño
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Leonel Cota Montaño (b. in 1956) is a Mexican politician. He is a former governor of Baja California Sur and current president of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).
Cota Montaño studied political sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He began his political career as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which he represented in the Chamber of Deputies from 1994 to 1996 and as mayor of La Paz, Baja California Sur, from 1997 to 1999.
In 1999 he lost the PRI candidacy for governor of Baja California Sur. He quit the PRI and instead ran for governor representing a coalition of the Party of the Democratic Revolution and the Labor Party (PT). He won the elections and served as governor from 1999 to 2005.
In 2005 Cota Montaño became president of the PRD with over 76% of the vote.
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| Preceded by Guillermo Mercado Romero |
Governor of Baja California Sur 1999—2005 |
Succeeded by Narciso Agúndez Montaño |
| Preceded by Leonel Godoy Rangel |
President of the Party of the Democratic Revolution 2005 – present |
Incumbent |
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