Gabriel Covarrubias Ibarra

Gabriel Covarrubias Ibarra
Member of the Senate for Jalisco
In office 1 November 1997 – 31 August 2000
Member of the Congress of Jalisco
In office 15 March 1995 – 1997
Municipal president of Guadalajara
In office 1 January 1989 – 30 March 1992
Preceded by	Eugenio Ruiz Orozco
Succeeded by	Enrique Dau Flores
Personal details
Born	(1930-07-03)July 3, 1930 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Died	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Political party	PRI

Gabriel Covarrubias Ibarra (3 July 1930 – 2 August 2018) was a Mexican politician and a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

Covarrubias was a public accountant by profession and worked for the state treasury before entering politics. He served as municipal president of Guadalajara from 1989 to 1992. As municipal president, he make his own count of inhabitants after disagreeing with the figures from the INEGI. Covarrubias led the filing of a legal appeal against the electricity tariffs of the CFE. He also received recognition for refusing to grant authorization for a gay pride parade. He also served as president of the board of reconstruction after the explosions of 22 April 1992. He was elected as a member of the LIV Legislature of the Congress of Jalisco.

He was a Senator from 1997 to 2000, serving on a number of commissions including Industrial Development, Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development, and Treasury and Credit.

Covarrubias died on 2 August 2018 in Guadalajara.