María del Rosario Piedra Ibarra (born 14 July 1951
) is a
Mexican
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psychologist
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,
activist
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, and
bureaucrat
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. Since 16 November 2019, she is the president of Mexico's
National Human Rights Commission
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.
Personal life
Rosario Ibarra Piedra's parents were Jesús Piedra Rosales and
Rosario Ibarra
María del Rosario Ibarra de la Garza (24 February 1927 – 16 April 2022), also known by her marital name Rosario Ibarra de Piedra, was an activist and prominent figure in the politics of Mexico. She was a presidential candidate and was the se ...
, a well known long-time human rights activist, deputy, and senator. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in psychology from the
Autonomous University of Nuevo León
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in 1985. Since 2004, she also holds a Master's degree in
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from the Educational Sciences School (''Escuela de Ciencias de la Educación'', in Spanish).
Political career
In 2018, she was the candidate of the
National Regeneration Movement
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(Morena) to deputy of the X federal district in Nuevo León, but failed to get elected. Piedra Ibarra also served as the Secretary of Human Rights within Morena's national executive committee.
On November 16, 2019, she was sworn in as the president of the National Human Rights Commission.
See also
*
National Human Rights Commission
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*
Human rights in Mexico
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References
1951 births
Living people
Presidents of the National Human Rights Commission (Mexico)
People from Monterrey
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