Rosa Luz Alegría Escamilla (born 1949) is a Mexican

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who was the first woman to serve in the

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. Alegría studied

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in the

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public university, public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countri ...

(UNAM). During her time at the university she got involved with UNAM's ''Consejo General de Huelga'' ("General Strike Council", CGH). During

Luis Echeverría Luis Echeverría Álvarez (; 17 January 1922 – 8 July 2022) was a Mexican lawyer, academic, and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 57th president of Mexico from 1970 to 1976. Previously, ...

's presidency she started to work in the public service.

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José López Portillo José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco (; 16 June 1920 – 17 February 2004) was a Mexican writer, lawyer, and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 58th president of Mexico from 1976 ...

appointed her

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of planning and budget (''Subsecretaria de Programación y Presupuesto''), and later, on August 13, 1980, she was appointed Secretary of Tourism, becoming the first female Secretary of State in Mexico. Alegria's appointment as Secretary of State occurred in an administration famous for

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.José López Portillo (obituary), ''The Economist'', March 4, 2004 accessed a

March 27, 2007

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