Víctor Cervera Pacheco

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

Víctor Manuel Cervera Pacheco (April 23, 1936 – August 18, 2004) was a Mexican politician who served as Governor of Yucatán from 1984 to 1988, and again from 1995 to 2001. From 1988 to 1994 Cervera served as Secretary of Agrarian Reform in the federal government.

Víctor Cervera
Victor Cervera during his 1995 gubernatorial campaign
Governor of Yucatán
In office August 1, 1995 – July 31, 2001
Preceded by	Federico Granja Ricalde
Succeeded by	Patricio Patrón
In office February 16, 1984 – January 31, 1988
Preceded by	Graciliano Alpuche Pinzón
Succeeded by	Víctor Manzanilla Schaffer
Secretary of Agrarian Reform
In office 1988–1994
President	Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Preceded by	Rafael Rodríguez Barrera
Succeeded by	Miguel Limón Rojas
Personal details
Born	(1936-04-23)April 23, 1936 Dzemul, Yucatán, Mexico
Died	August 18, 2004(2004-08-18) (aged 68) Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Political party	PRI
Spouse	Amira Hernández Guerra

Cervera was an active member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) while an elected official. He served as mayor of Mérida, Yucatán (1971–1973), local deputy in the Congress of Yucatán, Governor of Yucatán, federal deputy (for Yucatán's first district) in 1973–1976 and 1982–1984,^[1][2] and in the federal executive cabinet.

He died on August 18, 2004, from a heart attack in the city of Mérida.^[3][4]