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Angélica Araujo Lara
Angélica del Rosario Araujo Lara (, born June 21, 1964) is a Mexican architect and politician, who served as the Senate of the Republic (Mexico), Senator for Yucatán (state), Yucatán. Previously, she was the municipal president of Mérida, Yucatán. She is a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Early life and career Angélica Araujo was born on July 21, 1964, in Tixkokob, Yucatán (state), Yucatán, the daughter of Humberto Araujo Hernández and María del Rosario Lara Báez. Araujo studied architecture at the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. She began her professional activities in the ''Comisión Ordenadora del Uso del Suelo del Estado de Yucatán'' () and then started her own architecture firm, architectural practice. Political career In 2007, the governor of Yucatán, Ivonne Ortega Pacheco, Ivonne Ortega appointed Araujo as managing director of the ''Instituto de Vivienda del Estado de Yucatán'' (), position she held until 2009, when she resigned to be no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate (Mexico)
The Senate of the Republic (), constitutionally the Chamber of Senators of the Honorable Congress of the Union (), is the upper house of Mexico's Bicameralism, bicameral Congress of the Union, Congress. It currently consists of 128 members, who serve six-year terms. History A bicameral legislature, including the Senate, was established on 4 October 1824. The Senate was abolished on 7 September 1857 and re-established on 13 November 1874. Under the regime of Porfirio Díaz (the Porfiriato: 1876–1910), many seats were given to elites and wealthy people loyal to the regime. During the Mexican Revolution, notably during the brief presidency of Francisco I. Madero, the Senate was left intact with Porfirian sympathizers, who blocked the president's attempts to pass reforms for the Revolution. Composition After a series of reforms during the 1990s, the Senate consists of 128 senators: * Two for each of the 32 States of Mexico, states, elected under the principle of relative major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |