Briceyda García Antonio (born 11 January 1988) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the

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(Morena). García Antonio was born in

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, San Luis Potosí, in 1988. She holds a bachelor's degree in administration from the

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(UASLP). Between 2006 and 2014, including while she was at university, she worked for the

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cinema chain in the city of San Luis Potosí. From 2018 to 2023, she held a position as one the federal Secretariat of Welfare's regional directors, with responsibility for 13 of the state's municipalities. In the

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she was elected to the

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to represent San Luis Potosí's 7th district during the 66th session of

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. As the candidate of the ''

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'' coalition, she won the election with over 70% of the votes cast in a three-way race. In Congress, she serves on the lower house's committees for rural and agricultural development and conservation and self-sufficiency in foodstuffs; for Indigenous and Afrodescendent populations; and for oversight of the

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. She also chairs the group of friends of the Republic of Nigeria.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia Antonio, Briceyda Living people 1988 births Politicians from San Luis Potosí Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for San Luis Potosí Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Deputies of the LXVI Legislature of Mexico Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi alumni 21st-century Mexican politicians