Ignacio Loyola Vera

A member of the National Action Party (PAN), he served as Governor of Querétaro from 1 October 1997 to 30 September 2003.

In a surprising[citation needed] victory he defeated Fernando Ortiz Arana of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

During his term, he accomplished the construction of the International Airport of Querétaro, The Ecocentro Expositor, The Cultural Center Gómez Morín, and the Hospital del Niño y la Mujer, among others.

Querétaro also improved in different veins such as tourism, employment, security, Economic Development and less corruption.

In 2001, when the political group denominated "zapatistas" organized a march through several sections of the country until they reached the Mexican capital, Loyola confronted subcommander Marcos, making notice of whether or not the EZLN was worthy of being called an army.