Angélica Araujo Lara

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Angélica Araujo Lara
César Bojórquez Zapata
Succeeded byÁlvaro Omar Lara Pacheco
Member of the
Chamber of Deputies
In office
September 1, 2009 – January 6, 2010
Preceded bySofía Castro Romero
Succeeded byEfraín Aguilar Góngora
Personal details
Born (1964-06-21) June 21, 1964 (age 59)
Mexican
Political partyInstitutional Revolutionary Party
Alma materUniversidad Autónoma de Yucatán
OccupationArchitect
Politician
WebsiteOfficial website

Angélica del Rosario Araujo Lara (Spanish pronunciation:

Yucatán. Previously, she was the municipal president of Mérida, Yucatán. She is a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party
.

Early life and career

Angélica Araujo was born on July 21, 1964, in

Yucatán, the daughter of Humberto Araujo Hernández and María del Rosario Lara Báez.[1]

Araujo studied architecture at the

architectural practice
.

Political career

In 2007, the

On December 16, 2010, Yucatán's PRI announced her nomination as candidate of unity for the

Municipal president of Mérida, Yucatán;[3] thus, on January 6, 2010, she asked and obtained a leave as member of the Chamber of Deputies.[4] On May 21, 2010, Araujo received the document that appointed her as winner in the elections; she took office on July 1. She became the first female member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party to rule the city.[5] With her election, she ended 19 years of government of National Action Party in Mérida.[6]

In September 2010, Araujo and the governor Ivonne Ortega, led "Tócate", a campaign against breast cancer.[7]

On January 19, 2012,[

Senate of the Republic in the following federal election on July 1, 2012. She won election and served as a Senator until her defeat in the 2018 elections.[citation needed
]

References

  1. ^ "Semblanza de la candidata ganadora". Diario de Yucatán. May 21, 2010. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  2. ^ "¿Quién es Angélica Araujo Lara?". El Economista. May 17, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  3. ^ "Angélica Araujo representa la unidad del PRI, dicen en su destape". Diario de Yucatán. December 16, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Obtienen licencia otras tres diputadas juanitas". El Universal. January 6, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  5. ^ "Una nueva administración municipal". La Revista. July 1, 2010. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  6. ^ "Angélica Araujo ya es alcaldesa electa". Punto Medio. May 16, 2010. Archived from the original on May 23, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  7. Diario de Yucatan. September 29, 2010. Archived from the original
    on September 30, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2011.

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