Martin Chávez
Albuquerque native Martin J. Chávez earned a Bachelor's Degree from the University of New Mexico and a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown. He was the founding Director of the Workers' Compensation Administration in 1986, and from 1989 to 1993 served in the New Mexico State Senate, where he championed legislative initiatives from early voting, ethics reform, to urban forestry and workers compensation.
From 1993 through 1997 Chávez served as Mayor of Albuquerque in a term that featured a city-wide clean up, lower crime rates and the construction of the long-sought Montaño Bridge. Chávez also initiated a highly successful water conservation campaign and led the fight to protect Kirtland Air Force Base from closure.
Since returning to the Mayor's Office in 2001, Chávez has restored fiscal discipline and supported well planned growth, rebuilt the public safety infrastructure and broken ground on an historic surface water project that puts Albuquerque's long range prospects on a par with those of every other major city in the country.
The Chávez vision is one of an attractive and exciting city where everyone feels safe and where young people can realize their personal dreams and professional aspirations without ever having to leave Albuquerque.
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