Lilia Guadalupe Merodio Reza (

Ciudad Juárez Ciudad Juárez ( ; ''Juarez City''. ) is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is commonly referred to as Juárez and was known as El Paso del Norte (''The Pass of the North'') until 1888. Juárez is the seat of the Ju� ...

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, September 19, 1978) is a

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politician, currently serving in the

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and representing the state of

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Life

Merodio studied business administration at the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, graduating in 2001. She headed the Water and Sanitation Board of Ciudad Juárez from 2001 to 2002 and sat on the city council from 2002 to 2004. From 2001 to 2004, she was the President of University Students in the Professional Forum of the local chapter of the Confederación Nacional de Organizaciones Populares. From 2004 to 2006, she headed the city's human resources department and also served as a technical secretary on a commission about low voter turnout. Voters in the Second District of Chihuahua sent Merodio to the Chamber of Deputies for the LX Legislature, where she served from 2006 to 2009. She was the vice coordinator of the PRI parliamentary group in the chamber and secretary of the Board of Directors. She also served as the secretary of the Communications Commission and on four others: Equity and Gender; Youth and Sports; National Defense; and Population, Borders and Migratory Matters. With her term as deputy done, Merodio primarily served in PRI party positions, as a city-level agenda coordinator, representative of the Chihuahua state government in Mexico City, and administrative secretary for the national PRI. Chihuahua sent Merodio back to Congress in 2012, this time to the Senate for the LXII and LXIII Legislatures. She presides over the Commission on Care for Vulnerable Groups and is on five further commissions: Youth and Sports, Health, Communications and Transportation, Finances and Public Credit, and Foreign Relations/Asia-Pacific. Between December 2015 and January 2016, Merodio asked for license to leave the Senate, hoping to be named the PRI gubernatorial candidate, but was eventually bypassed in favor of

Enrique Serrano Escobar Enrique Serrano Escobar (born 14 May 1958) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. From 2013 to 2015 he served as Mayor of Ciudad Juárez. He also has served as a Deputy in the LX Legislature of the Mexican ...

. She was temporarily replaced by her alternate, deputy

Adriana Terrazas Porras Adriana Terrazas Porras (born 26 March 1966) is a Mexicans, Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party. She represents the IV Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua, fourth electoral district of Chihuahua in the Chamber of De ...

. Ultimately, Merodio joined Escobar's campaign as a statewide liaison and coordinator. She also served as a link between the gubernatorial campaign and those of state legislators and mayors.

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