About the Mayor
Mayor Martin J. Chávez
Albuquerque native Martin J. Chávez is serving his third term as mayor.
He earned a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of New Mexico and a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown. He was the founding Director of the Workers’ Compensation Administration in 1986. From 1989 to '93, Mayor Chávez served in the New Mexico State Senate, where he championed early voting, ethics reform, urban forestry and workers compensation.