Armando León Bejarano Valadez (April 11, 1916 – July 6, 2016) was a Mexican orthopedic surgeon, physician, politician, and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as the Governor of Morelos from 1976 until 1982.^[1][2][3]

Bejarano was born in Cuautla, Morelos, on April 11, 1916, to Jesús Bejarano Nuñez and Carmen Marcia Valadez Lizarraga.^[2] He was the youngest of his brothers.^[1][4] Bajarano studied at the medical school of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) from 1933 to 1938 and received his degree on July 18, 1939, becoming a surgeon and midwife.^[5] He specialized in orthopedics and trauma.^[5]

Bejaranos was the medical director of the Olympic Village during the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.^[1]

Bejarano was appointed the PRI candidate for Governor of Morelos to succeed outgoing Governor Felipe Rivera Crespo.^[3] His candidacy proved controversial, as Bejarano had no political experience in Morelos at the time.^[3] Bejarano's friendship and connections with then-President of Mexico José López Portillo allowed him to jump from a position at the Office of Food and Beverages at the federal Secretariat of Health directly to the gubernatorial candidacy of Morelos state without opposition.^[3] Bejarano, a candidate for the governing PRI, was elected Governor and served in that office May 1976 until 1982. He was succeeded by Lauro Ortega Martínez, a former President of PRI.^[3]

Bejarano later served as a judge within the Morela state judiciary.^[3]

Armando León Bejarano died at his home in Cuernavaca, Morelos, on July 6, 2016, at the age of 100 due to old age.^[1] His survivors are his son and daughters Armando Berjarano Almada, Gloria Bejarano Almada and María de Lourdes Bejarano Almada^[1]