Gabriel Covarrubias Ibarra

Gabriel Covarrubias Ibarra (3 July 1930 – 2 August 2018) was a Mexican politician and a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

Covarrubias was a public accountant by profession and worked for the state treasury before entering politics.

As municipal president, he make his own count of inhabitants after disagreeing with the figures from the INEGI.

Covarrubias led the filing of a legal appeal against the electricity tariffs of the CFE.

He also received recognition for refusing to grant authorization for a gay pride parade.