Rubén Mendoza Ayala (2 February 1961 – 16 April 2016) was a Mexican politician. At different times, he was affiliated to the

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(PRI), the National Action Party (PAN) and the

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(PRD). In the 1997 mid-terms he was elected to the

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to represent the

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's 15th district for the PAN during the 57th Congress. He was municipal president of

Tlalnepantla de Baz Tlalnepantla de Baz ( Otomi: ) is one of 125 municipalities of the state of Mexico, north of Mexico City. The municipal seat and largest city in the municipality is the city of Tlalnepantla. ''Tlalnepantla'' comes from the Náhuatl words ''tlall ...

from 2000 to 2003. In the 2003 mid-terms he was elected to the

to represent the

's 16th district for the PAN during the 59th Congress. In the 2005 state election he unsuccessfully ran against

Enrique Peña Nieto Enrique Peña Nieto (; born 20 July 1966), commonly referred to by his initials EPN, is a Mexican former politician and lawyer who was the 64th president of Mexico from 2012 to 2018. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he p ...

for the governorship of the state. In 2009 he was expelled from the National Action Party due to his irregular financial management of the party's accounts. In 2012 he joined the Party of the Democratic Revolution, where he ran again for the governorship. Mendoza Ayala died in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, on 16 April 2016.

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1961 births 2016 deaths National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for the State of Mexico Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians National Action Party (Mexico) politicians Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians People from Tlalnepantla de Baz Municipal presidents in the State of Mexico Deputies of the LVII Legislature of Mexico Deputies of the LIX Legislature of Mexico {{Mexico-deputy-NationalAction-1960s-stub