Beatriz Elena Paredes Rangel (born 18 August 1953) is a Mexican politician who served as president of the

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(PRI). She was the first woman to serve as

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Tlaxcala Tlaxcala (; , ; from nah, Tlaxcallān ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 60 municipaliti ...

and the second woman to serve as a state governor in Mexican history. Paredes Rangel studied

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at the

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(UNAM) graduated in sociology with honoring mention in 2016 She began her political career at the age of 21 as a Tlaxcala state deputy (1974–77) and then served as advisor for the Governor of Tlaxcala (1978–80). In 1982 she was appointed Undersecretary for Agrarian Reform and from 1987 to 1992 she served as Governor of Tlaxcala. She has also served in the

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, in the

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and

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appointed her

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in 1993. She was the

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in 2001–2002. In the 2006 Federal District election she ran for

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(mayor) of

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, representing an alliance of the PRI and the

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; she lost the election against

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. Paredes has occupied different positions in the PRI, mostly representing the rural and indigenous wings of the party. She served as general secretary of the PRI and ran for the presidency of her party but lost to

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. In 2007, she ran again for the party's presidency and won by a large margin. Paredes has also expressed her support for the

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in 2010 after Mexico City legalized same sex marriage. On 5 October 2009 she publicly acknowledged her interest in running for President of Mexico in 2012 and her

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stand on

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issues. She was previously the ambassador of Mexico in Brazil. She is also a member of Washington D.C. based think tank the Inter-American Dialogue.

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