Ana Rosa Payán Cervera is a Mexican

right-wing Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, authorit ...

politician from

Yucatán Yucatán (, also , , ; yua, Yúukatan ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán,; yua, link=no, Xóot' Noj Lu'umil Yúukatan. is one of the 31 states which comprise the political divisions of Mexico, federal entities of Mexico. I ...

who in 2006 served as Director of the

National System for Integral Family Development The National System for Integral Family Development ( es, Sistema Nacional para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia, links=no; SNDIF or just DIF) is a Mexican public institution of social assistance that focuses on strengthening and developing th ...

(DIF) in the cabinet of

Vicente Fox Vicente Fox Quesada (; born 2 July 1942) is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006. After campaigning as a Right-wing populism, right-wing populist, Fox was elec ...

. In 2007 she ran for

Governor of Yucatán The governor of the State of Yucatan is the head of the executive branch of the Mexican state of Yucatán, elected to a six-year-term and not eligible for reelection. The figure of the governor is established on the Constitution of the State of Y ...

as the Labor Party–

Convergence Convergence may refer to: Arts and media Literature *''Convergence'' (book series), edited by Ruth Nanda Anshen * "Convergence" (comics), two separate story lines published by DC Comics: **A four-part crossover storyline that united the four Wei ...

candidate.

Personal life

Payán was born to Alfonso Payán Flores and Aurora Cervera de Payán. She holds a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

accounting Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting, which has been called the "languag ...

Political career

Payán joined the National Action Party in 1983 and from that year until early 2007 she was an active PAN member. She served as

federal deputy The Chamber of Deputies ( pt, Câmara dos Deputados) is a federal legislative body and the lower house of the National Congress of Brazil. The chamber comprises 513 deputies, who are elected by proportional representation to serve four-year t ...

from 1988 to 1990, representing Yucatán's First District; Mayor of Mérida from 1991 to 1993 (the first female in that function); local deputy in the state of Yucatán from 1995 to 1997; and

Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

from 1997 to 2000. In January 2006 President

designated her Director of the ''Sistema Nacional para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia'' (DIF).

Yucatán gubernatorial election

In December 2006 Payán contested for the PAN nomination for

but was defeated in the PAN

primaries Primary elections, or direct primary are a voting process by which voters can indicate their preference for their party's candidate, or a candidate in general, in an upcoming general election, local election, or by-election. Depending on the c ...

Xavier Abreu Sierra Xavier Antonio Abreu Sierra (born February 11, 1950 in Mérida, Yucatán) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). Political career Abreu has been an active PAN member since 1981. From 1985 to 1988 he was member o ...

; following the primary election results Payán left the PAN alleging fraud during the elections;Payán quits the PAN
/ref> She then accepted the

invitation to run as its candidate for the 2007 Yucatán gubernatorial election. Payán lost against the PRI candidate.Payán accepts the election results
/ref>

References

1952 births Living people Politicians from Campeche City Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Municipal presidents of Mérida Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) National Action Party (Mexico) politicians Citizens' Movement (Mexico) politicians Women members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) Women mayors of places in Mexico Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) 20th-century Mexican politicians 20th-century Mexican women politicians 21st-century Mexican politicians 21st-century Mexican women politicians {{Mexico-mayor-stub