Martha Palafox Gutiérrez (23 February 1949 – 17 March 2022) was a Mexican lawyer and politician. At different times, she was affiliated with the

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(PRI), the Labor Party (PT) and the

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(Morena). Martha Palafox Gutiérrez was born in Huamantla, Tlaxcala, on 23 February 1949. She earned a law degree from the Autonomous University of Tlaxcala (UAT) and, in 1965, became a member of the PRI. She was elected to the

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for the 57th Congress (1997–2000), representing Tlaxcala's 3rd district for the PRI. Her second term in Congress was during the

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(2003–2006) as a plurinominal deputy for the PRI. In the 2012 general election, she was elected to the

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, where she served during the

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(2012–2015), representing

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for the PT. She contended for the governorship of Tlaxcala for Morena in the but lost to

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of the PRI. Palafox Gutiérrez died on 17 March 2022.

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