Diana Rosalía Bernal Ladrón de Guevara is a Mexican

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and

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who has served in the

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of the

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. Bernal studied law at the Ibero-American University (''Universidad Iberoamericana''). In the early 1980s she joined the ''Tribunal Fiscal de la Federación''; She has served in various position within the Mexican judicial branch of government including

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and

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. In 1998 she was designated by

Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano (; born 1 May 1934) is a Mexican prominent politician. The son of 51st President of Mexico Lázaro Cárdenas, he is a former Head of Government of Mexico City and a founder of the Party of the Democratic Revolu ...

borough mayor of

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not Tláhuac. In 2003 she won a seat in the

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to serve during the LIX Legislature representing the

Party of the Democratic Revolution The Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD, es, Partido de la Revolución Democrática, ) is a social democratic political party in Mexico. The PRD originated from the Democratic Current, a political faction formed in 1986 from the Institut ...

(PRD); she left that position on March, 2006 after being appointed Magistrate of Federal Court (''Tribunal Federal de Justicia Fiscal y Administrativa'') Nowadays, she coordinates a specialized group of experts (top level public servants, Congressmen, among others) on administrative and fiscal areas which main commitment is to enrich the Mexican tax system. This group, whose name is Análisis Tributario Legislativo ATRIL (Tax - Legislative Analysis), is a kind of think tank especially focused on Taxation and Tax Administration reforms, as well as specific issues like taxpayers’ rights.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Mexican judges Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Mexican women lawyers Mexican women judges Deputies of the LIX Legislature of Mexico {{Mexico-law-bio-stub