Margarita González Saravia Calderón (born June 13, 1956) is a Mexican politician and

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, and a member of the

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party. From October 2020 to July 2023 she was general director of the

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. She is the

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after winning the 2024 election, making her the first woman to govern the state.

Early years

Margarita González Saravia was born in

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on June 13, 1956, and grew up in the state of

Morelos Morelos, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos, is a landlocked state located in south-central Mexico. It is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Mun ...

. She studied a degree in tourism planning through the

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(Coneval). As a businesswoman, she has been dedicated to the tourism industry in the state of

. She was president of the State Association of Spas and Water Parks of Morelos.

Political career

She was a founding member of the

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(PRD) and the

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(Morena) party. In 1974 she founded the Union of Popular Colonies of the Valley of Mexico, as well as the Union of Rural Workers and the National Coordinating Committee Plan de Ayala. From May 2010 to September 2012 she was undersecretary of tourism for the state of

in the cabinet of PAN governor Marco Adame Castillo. From 2015 to 2018 she was part of the cabinet of the municipal president of

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. In that administration, she held the position of secretary of economic development and undersecretary of tourism. Subsequently, when Cuauhtémoc Blanco assumed the position of

, González Saravia joined his cabinet as secretary of tourism and culture, from October 1, 2018, to October 1, 2020. In October 2020, González Saravia was appointed as general director of the

by President

Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican former politician, political scientist, public administrator and writer who served as the 65th president of Mexico from 2018 to 2024. He se ...

. In July 2023 she left the position to seek her party's candidacy for the governorship of

. On November 10, 2023,

selected González Saravia as its candidate for the 2024 gubernatorial election, which she won with over 48% of the vote.

References

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