Rafael Moreno Valle | |
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| Governor of Puebla | |
| In office 1 February 2011 – 31 January 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Mario Plutarco Marín Torres |
| Succeeded by | José Antonio Gali Fayad |
| Senator for Puebla | |
| In office 1 September 2006 – 4 July 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Germán Sierra Sánchez |
| Succeeded by | María Leticia Jasso |
| Deputy of the Congress of the Union for the 8th district of Puebla | |
| In office 1 September 2003 – 11 August 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Jaime Alcántara Silva |
| Succeeded by | José López Medina |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 June 1968 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico |
| Died | 24 December 2018 (aged 50) Coronango, Puebla, Mexico |
| Political party | National Action Party |
| Spouse | |
| Alma mater | Lycoming College Boston University School of Law[1] |
| Profession | Lawyer and economist |
Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas (30 June 1968 – 24 December 2018) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). He was the governor of Puebla from February 2011 through January 2017.[2]
Moreno Valle also served as a deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Puebla and as a senator in the LX, LXI and LXIV Legislatures.[3]
Moreno Valle was the grandson of Rafael Moreno Valle, a doctor and politician who also served as the governor of Puebla from 1969 to 1972.[4] He was also the spouse of Martha Erika Alonso Hidalgo, the first woman governor of Puebla.
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Main article: 2018 Puebla helicopter crash |
On 24 December 2018, a helicopter carrying Moreno Valle, his wife Martha Erika Alonso Hidalgo, and other PAN politicians from the state crashed in a field near the town of Santa María Coronango,[5] half an hour from the city of Puebla, killing both. In a tweet, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador indicated that Alonso and Moreno Valle were on the downed aircraft.[6] At the time, Moreno Valle was a proportional representation senator.[3]
A report by the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT) concluded on 27 March 2020, that the helicopter “should not have flown” because of a preexisting problem with a stability system on the helicopter that both the operator and the maintenance crew knew about.[7]