Purificación Carpinteyro Calderón is a Mexican politician. Born on 1 May 1961 in the

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borough of

Miguel Hidalgo Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla Gallaga Mandarte y Villaseñor (8 May 1753 – 30 July 1811), commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo (), was a Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican Wa ...

, Purificación Carpinteyro Calderón received her

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() from the Escuela Libre de Derecho in 1984, and her

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from

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in 1989. She was a member of the

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(PRD) when she served as the

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from the Federal District's 22nd district (

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) to the 62nd session of Congress from 29 August 2012 through 31 August 2015.

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