Rolando Zapata Bello

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Zapata and the second or maternal family name is Bello.

Rolando Rodrigo Zapata Bello (born 11 August 1968) is a Mexican politician and lawyer affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as governor of Yucatán from 2012 to 2018.^[1]

Rolando Zapata Bello
Governor of Yucatán
In office 1 October 2012 – 1 October 2018
Preceded by	Ivonne Ortega Pacheco
Succeeded by	Mauricio Vila Dosal
Personal details
Born	(1968-08-11) 11 August 1968 (age 56) Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Political party	PRI
Alma mater	Autonomous University of Yucatán
Profession	Lawyer

He previously served as a federal deputy in the 61st Congress (2009 to 2011) representing Yucatán's fourth district.^[2] He resigned his seat on 14 December 2011 to contend for the governorship^[3] and was replaced for the remainder of his term by Daniel Jesús Granja Peniche.^[4]

Zapata Bello won election as one of Yucatán's senators in the 2024 Senate election, occupying the first place on the Fuerza y Corazón por México coalition's two-name formula.^[5] The coalition placed second in the election and Zapata Bello was duly elected as the state's third senator.^[6]