Irma Juan Carlos

Irma Juan Carlos
Federal deputy for Oaxaca's 2nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 September 2018 (2018-09-01)
Personal details
Born	(1977-07-19) 19 July 1977 (age 47) Santiago Jocotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico
Political party	PRD, Morena
Alma mater	Instituto Tecnológico de la Cuenca del Papaloapan

Irma Juan Carlos ^[a] (born 19 July 1977) is a Mexican politician. Previously affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), she has represented Oaxaca's 2nd district in the Chamber of Deputies for the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) since 2018.

Career

Irma Juan Carlos was born on 19 July 1977 in Santiago Jocotepec, in the Papaloapan region of the state of Oaxaca. A member of the Chinantec Indigenous people, ^[1] she holds a degree in biology from the Instituto Tecnológico de la Cuenca del Papaloapan in Tuxtepec (2002) and a master's in tropical forest management and conservation from the Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza in Costa Rica (2005). ^{[2] [3]}

Her political activism began in 2000 when she worked for the 2000 presidential campaign of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (PRD). She was later a national delegate of the PRD in Oaxaca and a member of the party's state council. By 2012 she had switched allegiance to Morena; in 2013–2018 she was one of the party's state council members, including a period as the council's president in 2016–2018. ^[2]

In the 2018 general election she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Oaxaca's 2nd district for the first time, ^[4] and she was re-elected to subsequent terms in the 2021 mid-terms and the 2024 general election. ^{[5] [6]} During her 2018–2021 and 2021–2024 periods in Congress, she chaired the lower house's Committee on Indigenous and Afro-Mexican Peoples. ^{[7] [8]} She also represented the lower house on the board of the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples (INPI) in 2020. ^[2]

In 2021, Juan Carlos contended for Morena's nomination to compete in the 2022 gubernatorial election in Oaxaca. She made it to the final stages of the process ^[9] but ultimately lost to Salomón Jara Cruz, who went on to win the 5 June 2022 election. ^{[10] [11]}

In April 2025, she was among a group of Morena deputies who demanded the dismissal of Secretary of Welfare Ariadna Montiel Reyes on account of her "despotic attitude" and alleged acts of corruption within her department. ^[12]

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Juanand the second or maternal family name is Carlos.

References

1. Carrasco, Carolina (18 September 2024). "Cámara de Diputados reconoce derechos de pueblos indígenas y afromexicanos". Infobae. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
2. "Perfil: Dip. Irma Juan Carlos, LXVI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 29 June 2025.
3. Juan Carlos, Irma. "Antes, durante y después de mi maestría: retos y oportunidades" (PDF). Aquí Estamos: Revista de exbecarios indígenas del IFP-México. Mexico City: l CIESAS/IFP.
4. "Diputaciones: Oaxaca. Distrito 2. Teotitlán de Flores Magón". Cómputos Distritales 2018. INE . Retrieved 29 June 2025.
5. "Diputaciones: Oaxaca. Distrito 2. Teotitlán de Flores Magón". Cómputos Distritales 2021. INE . Retrieved 29 June 2025.
6. "Diputaciones: Oaxaca. Distrito 2. Teotitlán de Flores Magón". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE . Retrieved 21 July 2024.
7. "Perfil: Dip. Irma Juan Carlos, LXV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 20 July 2024.
8. "Perfil: Dip. Irma Juan Carlos, LXIV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 20 July 2024.
9. "Encuesta de Morena mide fama, no lealtad ni principios, pero no me siento engañada: Irma Juan Carlos". El Universal Oaxaca. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
10. "Salomón Jara Cruz busca con Morena la gubernatura de Oaxaca". El Universal. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
11. "Elecciones en Oaxaca 2022: Salomón Jara arrasó al PRI con el 60% en el estado". Infobae. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
12. Méndez, Enrique; Camacho, Fernando (22 April 2025). "Piden diputados de Morena renuncia de Ariadna Montiel". La Jornada. Retrieved 30 June 2025.