List of mayors of Valledupar
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Valledupar, Colombia. (Spanish: Alcaldes de Valledupar)

List of mayors of Valledupar

Section Title:
Table Section Text: The following is a list of mayors of the city of Valledupar, Colombia. (Spanish: Alcaldes de Valledupar)

Term	Mayor	Notes

c. 1550	Emilio de la Cruz	Valledupar founded in 1550 by Hernando de Santana and accompanied by Juan de Castellanos

Cristobal de Almonacid

1576	Lope de Orozco

1806 - 1813	Marqués de Valde-Hoyos

1826	José Manuel Martinez

1906	Moisés Martínez

1951 - 1954	Tte. Jose Joaquin Diaz Linero

1955	Jorge Dangond Daza

1963	Jaime Dangon Ovalle

1965 - 1966	Jose Joaquin Diaz Linero

September 13, 1966 - December 16, 1967	Jose Guillermo Castro

1967	Manuel German Cuello

September 21, 1968	Jaime Calderon Bruges

August 22, 1970	Jorge Dangond Daza

June 19, 1971	Edgardo Pupo Pupo

August 20, 1974	Miguel Meza Valera

1975	Jaime Calderon Bruges

1977	Camilo Lacouture Dangond

1978	Guillermo Castro Mejia

1978	Miguel Gnecco Hernandez

1981	Maria Clara Quintero de Daza

1982	Alfredo Cuello Davila

1986	Fausto Cotes Núñez

July 10, 1990 - May 31, 1992	Aníbal Martínez Zuleta	Former Controller General of Colombia, jailed on January 29, 1985 for corruption. Elected mayor with 29,542 votes

1992 - 1994	Rodolfo Campo Soto	First popularly elected mayor of Valledupar

January 1, 1995 - December 31, 1997	Johnny Perez Oñate

1998 - 2000	Rodolfo Campo Soto

January 1, 2001 - December 31, 2004	Elias Ochoa Daza

January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2007	Ciro Arturo Pupo Castro	Won with 42,889 votes against Jose Calixto Mejia 31,335 votes.

January 1, 2008	Ruben Carvajal

Luis Fabian Fernandez

Fredy Socarras

Sentence(s)

Campo Soto became the first elected Mayor of Valledupar in 1992, and was reelected again for a second term in 1998.

final_sentence: Campo Soto became the first elected Mayor of Valledupar in 1992, and was reelected again for a second term in 1998.