The Congress of the Union,formally known as the General Congress of the United Mexican States,is the legislature of the federal government of Mexico. It consists of two chambers:the Senate of the Republic and the Chamber of Deputies. Its 628 members meet in Mexico City.
The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Congress of the Union,the bicameral parliament of Mexico. The other chamber is the Senate. The structure and responsibilities of both chambers of Congress are defined in Articles 50 to 70 of the constitution.
Marcela Guerra Castillo is a Mexican politician from Nuevo León. She was a local deputy in the Congress of Nuevo León and twice federal deputy of the Congress of Mexico. From 2012 to 2018,she was a senator representing the state of Nuevo León in the LXII and LXIII Legislatures.
María Cristina Díaz Salazar is a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). She is a former municipal president (mayor) of Guadalupe,Nuevo León. Today,she is senator for the state of Nuevo León.
Luisa María de Guadalupe Calderón Hinojosa is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party who served in the Senate of Mexico from 2000 until September 2006. She is currently senator-elect as a PAN proportional representative. Her term in the senate began in late 2012 and will continue through 2018. "Cocoa" is known as a champion for women and minority rights throughout Mexico.
Gabriela Cuevas Barron is a Mexican politician. She was the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union from 2017 to 2020 and served as a plurinominal senator from 2012 to 2018.
Minerva Hernández Ramos is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN) who served in the Chamber of Deputies for the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress (2015–2018). She has also served as a senator and made a bid for Governor of Tlaxcala in 2010.
Lilia Guadalupe Merodio Reza is a Mexican politician,currently serving in the Senate and representing the state of Chihuahua.
Blanca AlcaláRuiz is a Mexican politician. From 2008 to 2011,she served as the mayor of Puebla,the capital city of the State of Puebla. She was the first female mayor in the history of the city. In August 2017 she was named Ambassador to Colombia.
Layda Elena Sansores San Román is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement and current Governor of Campeche. She served as the mayor of Álvaro Obregón,one of the boroughs of Mexico City. She served as a senator of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Campeche. She also served as senator during the LVI and LVII legislatures and as deputy of the Chamber of Deputies during the LV,and LX legislatures.
María Alejandra Barrales Magdaleno is a Mexican lawyer and politician and the former president of the Party of the Democratic Revolution. She formerly represented the Federal District in the Senate and also served as a federal deputy and in the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District.
Diva Hadamira Gastélum Bajo is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PRI. She currently serves as Senator of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress. She also served as Deputy during the LXI Legislature.
Graciela Ortiz González is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. She currently serves as Senator of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress. She also served as Deputy during the LXI Legislature.
Adriana Dávila Fernández is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN. She currently serves as Senator of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Tlaxcala. She also served as Deputy during the LX Legislature.
Rosa Adriana Díaz Lizama is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN. She served as a Senator of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress and as Deputy during the LXI Legislature representing Yucatán,as well as the LVII Legislature of the Congress of Yucatán.
Sonia Mendoza Díaz is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM). She currently serves as a federal deputy in the LXV Legislature of the Mexican Congress from the state of San Luis Potosí. She previously was a senator of the LXII and LXIII Legislatures,a federal deputy during the LXI Legislature and a local deputy in the LVIII Legislature of the Congress of San Luis Potosí,all while with the National Action Party.
María del Pilar Ortega Martínez is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN. She currently serves as Senator of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress taking office on 9 October 2012 after the death of Alonso Lujambio. She also served as Deputy during the LX Legislature.
Laura Angélica Rojas Hernández is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN).
María Marcela Torres Peimbert is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN. She currently serves as Senator of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Querétaro. She also served as Deputy during the LXI Legislature.
Viengkeo Kay Bounkeua is an American politician who served as a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives for the 19th district from 2021 to 2023. She was selected by members of the Bernalillo County Commission to succeed Sheryl Williams Stapleton,who resigned from the House amid embezzlement charges.
