Louis E. Saavedra was a former mayor of Albuquerque

Albuquerque, New Mexico

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, New Mexico

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. He served as a Democrat

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 from December 1989 until November 1993.

Born in Socorro, New Mexico

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, Saavedra attended Socorro High School. For post-secondary education, Saavedra received two degrees from Eastern New Mexico University

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. He later went on to a career in education in Albuquerque, and eventually ran for and won mayorship of Albuquerque in 1973. Saavedra founded the Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute in 1964, and was its president until he was elected mayor of Albuquerque.

On August 7, 2009, Saavedra died from brain cancer in Albuquerque.