Xóchitl Gálvez
Mexican politician (born 1963) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bertha Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz (Spanish: [ˈʃotʃitɬ]; born 22 February 1963) is a Mexican politician and businesswoman. From 2015 until 2018, she was mayor of Mexico City's Miguel Hidalgo borough. From 2018 to 2023, she was a plurinominal senator in the Mexican Congress's LXIV and LXV Legislatures. As a senator, she caucused with the center-right National Action Party, but she frequently supported progressive politics on social issues such as abortion, drug policy, and social spending. She graduated from the UNAM School of Engineering with a degree in computer engineering.[1] She received the nomination as the Fuerza y Corazón por México coalition's nominee for the 2024 Mexican presidential election.[2]
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gálvez and the second or maternal family name is Ruiz.
Quick Facts Senator of the Congress of the Union National List, Succeeded by ...
Xóchitl Gálvez | |
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Senator of the Congress of the Union National List | |
In office 1 September 2018 – 20 November 2023 | |
Succeeded by | Laura Ballesteros Mancilla |
Mayor of Miguel Hidalgo | |
In office 1 October 2015 – 15 March 2018 | |
Preceded by | Víctor Hugo Romo de Vivar Guerra |
Succeeded by | José David Rodríguez Lara |
General Director of the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples | |
In office 21 May 2003 – 14 December 2006 | |
President | Vicente Fox Quesada |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Luis H. Álvarez |
Personal details | |
Born | Bertha Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz (1963-02-22) 22 February 1963 (age 61) Tepatepec, Hidalgo, Mexico |
Political party | Caucuses with the National Action Party in the Senate. |
Children | 2 |
Education | National Autonomous University of Mexico (BS) |
Occupation | Politician |
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