María de los Ángeles Moreno

María de los Angeles Moreno Uriegas (b. January 15, 1945 in Mexico City) is a Mexican politician^[1] who was the first woman in Mexico to be elected president of a political party.

Personal life and Education

Moreno Uriegas is the daughter of Manuel Moreno and Amalia Uriegas Sánchez. She holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and pursued graduate studies at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, Netherlands.

Political career

Moreno Uriegas is an active member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 1960. She served in the cabinet of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari as Secretary of Fisheries from December 1988 to May 1991. On December 1994 Moreno was elected President of her political party becoming the first woman in Mexico to hold such type of position. She has also served in the lower and upper house of the Mexican Congress, in 1997 she was the President of the Senate and in 1999 President of the Permanent Commission of the Congress. In 2006 she secured a seat in the Senate via the proportional representation (PR).

She is currently serving as Senator (September, 2006–present) representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

References

1. Rodríguez, Victoria Elizabeth (2003). Women in contemporary Mexican politics. University of Texas Press. pp. 14–. ISBN 978-0-292-77127-7. Retrieved 28 April 2011.