Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz

Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz (born 22 February 1963) is a Mexican engineer, businesswoman and politician. Since 2018, she has served as a Senator of the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress by principle of proportional representation. She belongs to the National Action Party.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gálvez and the second or maternal family name is Ruiz.
Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz
Senator of the Congress of the Union
National List
Assumed office
1 September 2018
Personal details
Born (1963-02-22) 22 February 1963
Tepatepec, Hidalgo, Mexico
Political party PRD (since 2021)
Other political
affiliations		 PAN (until 2021)
OccupationPolitician

Early years

Gálvez was born on 22 February 1963 in Tepatepec, Hidalgo. She studied computer engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. From 2000 to 2006, she was head of the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples, during the Vicente Fox administration.[2]

In the 2010 Hidalgo state elections, she was a candidate for governor of the state for the coalition "Hidalgo unites us", made up of the National Action Party (PAN), the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), the Labor Party (PT) and Convergencia.[3] Gálvez came in second place, with 47% of the votes in her favor.[4]

Political career

Mayor of Miguel Hidalgo

In the 2015 Federal District elections, Gálvez was a candidate for mayor of Miguel Hidalgo for the National Action Party. She won the elections with 32% of the votes in her favor.[5] She served from 1 October 2015 to 15 March 2018.[6]

Senator of the Republic

In the 2018 federal elections, Gálvez ran as Senator for Mexico City for the "Por México al Frente" coalition in conjunction with Emilio Álvarez Icaza. In addition, on the national list, she was nominated as a Senator by the Party of the Democratic Revolution.[7] After the elections, she obtained the seat as Senator by proportional representation.[8] Since 1 September 2018, she has been a member of the LXIV legislature of the Congress of the Union as a member of the National Action Party.[9]

On 29 April 2021, Gálvez announced she was switching from the National Action Party to the Party of the Democratic Revolution to guarantee that the party complies with the requirement of having at least five representatives in the Senate in order to be considered a parliamentary group.[10]

References
  1. Sistema de Información Legislativa (September 2018). "Perfil del legislador. Bertha Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz". Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  2. Jessica Corona (8 June 2015). "¿Quién es Xóchitl Gálvez?". Milenio. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  3. "Xóchitl Gálvez ratifica su registro como candidata a gobernadora de Hidalgo". Proceso. 6 May 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  4. Instituto Estatal Electoral de Hidalgo (2010). "Resultados electorales. Elección gobernador" (PDF). Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  5. Instituto Electoral del Distrito Federal (2015). "Estadística de las elecciones locales 2015. Resultados" (PDF). Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  6. "Xóchitl Gálvez dice adiós a la Miguel Hidalgo y se alista para buscar el Senado". Expansión. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  7. "Tribunal avala candidatura de Xóchitl Gálvez al Senado". Milenio. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  8. "Estos son los 32 políticos que llegarán como 'pluris' al Senado". Excélsior. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  9. Senado de la República (2018). "Senadora Bertha Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz". Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  10. "Xóchitl Gálvez deja al PAN para unirse a las filas del PRD; "no soy camaleónica", afirma". El Sol de México. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
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