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A 'regidor' is a member of a council of municipalities in Spain and Latin America.

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Mexico

In Mexico, an ayuntamiento is composed of a municipal president (mayor), one or two ''síndicos'' (attorney general) and several regidores who meet in ''cabildo'' sessions. A regidor is the community representative before the municipal government².
The responsibilities of a regidor are^[1]:

★ 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
Some activities of a regidor are^[2]:

★ 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, with the exception of the capital that has ten regidores and two síndicos^[3].

References

1. Page of a regidor of Tijuana, Mexico
2. What is a municipality?
3. Ayuntamientos in Aguascalientes