Xóchitl Gálvez
Xóchitl Gálvez | |
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Gálvez in 2024 | |
| Senator of the Republic Proportional representation | |
| In office 4 June 2024 – 31 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Laura Ballesteros Mancilla |
| 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 |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Luis H. Álvarez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bertha Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz 22 February 1963 |
| Party | Independent |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | National Autonomous University of Mexico (BS) |
| Occupation | Politician |
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Bertha Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz (Spanish: [ˈsotʃitl]; 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, Gálvez caucused with the center-right National Action Party but 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. She received the nomination as the Fuerza y Corazón por México coalition's nominee for the 2024 Mexican presidential election.