Ruth Zavaleta
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Ruth Zavaleta Salgado (born August 27, 1966) is a Mexican politician. She was affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) until November 2009 [1] but changed and is currently part of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico.[2] She is a founding member of the PRD and the first female PRD politician to serve as President of the Chamber of Deputies 2007-2008.[3]
Personal life and education
Zavaleta holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
Political career
In 1989 Zavaleta was one of the founders of the PRD. In 1997 Cuauhtemoc Cárdenas designated her as Secretary of Social Development in the government of the Mexican Federal District; she then served (1998–2000) as Secretary of Finance in the Mexican Federal District.
From 2000 to 2003 she served in the Legislative Assembly of the Mexican Federal District. In 2003 she was elected borough mayor (Jefe Delegacional) of Venustiano Carranza.
In 2006 Zavaleta won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico; hence she was serving during the LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress. In 2007 she was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies Directive Board for the second year of the LX Legislature (September 2007–August 2008).
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=471524 Cronica 25 November 2009 Mexican Journal.
- ↑ Ecological Green Party of Mexico Official Website
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Script error: No such module "Official website".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Pages with script errors
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians
- Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
- Mayors of places in Mexico
- Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
- Mexican people of Basque descent
- Women mayors of places in Mexico
- Members of the Congress of Mexico City
- 21st-century Mexican women politicians
- Women legislative speakers
- 20th-century Mexican politicians
- 20th-century Mexican women politicians
- Deputies of the LX Legislature of Mexico