Víctor Manuel Liceaga Ruibal

Víctor Manuel Liceaga Ruibal (February 11, 1935[1] – February 13, 2012[2]) was a Mexican politician. Liceaga Ruibal served as the Governor of Baja California Sur from 1987 to 1993.[1][2] He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).[1]

Liceaga Ruibal was born in La Paz, Baja California Sur, on February 11, 1935.[1]

Liceaga Ruibal began his career in the civil service.[1] He served in both the federal Chamber of Deputies and the Senate (from 1977 to 1982), representing Baja California Sur.[1] He was also the former head of the Institutional Revolutionary Party in Baja California Sur.[2]

Liceaga Ruibal served as a government delegate for Iztapalapa, Mexico City during the early days of the Miguel de la Madrid administration.[2][3] Liceaga Ruibal lost his left arm in a plane crash in Colima.[3] Additionally, he held posts as a PRI delegate for the party's national executive committee in several Mexican states, including Tabasco.[2] He was a special representative of the PRI's executive committee during the 2006 Mexican presidential election.[3]

Liceaga Ruibal died from respiratory failure in Cabo San Lucas on February 13, 2012, at the age of 77.[1][3] He had been visiting his sister in Cabo San Lucas at the time.[1][3] His funeral was held in La Paz.[1]