Gina Cruz Blackledge
Mexican politician
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Gina Andrea Cruz Blackledge[a] (born 8 July 1969) is a Mexican lawyer and politician from the National Action Party (PAN). She served as a senator for Baja California from 2018 to 2024.[1]
8 July 1969
Gina Cruz Blackledge | |
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| Senator of the Congress of the Union for Baja California | |
| In office 1 September 2018 – 31 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Marco Antonio Blásquez Salinas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gina Andrea Cruz Blackledge 8 July 1969 Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico |
| Party | PAN |
| Education | Autonomous University of Baja California |
| Occupation | Politician |
Early life
Cruz Blackledge was born on 8 July 1969 in Mexicali, Baja California.[2] She graduated from the Autonomous University of Baja California in 1992.[2]
Career
Cruz joined the National Action Party in 1990.[2]
She sat in the Chamber of Deputies in 2002 (as the alternate of Bernardo Borbón Vilches, a plurinominal deputy for the first region),[3] and from 2015 to 2018 as a first-region plurinominal deputy.[4]
She was elected to the Senate for the state of Baja California's third seat in the 2018 general election.[2]
Notes
- In this name that follows Hispanic American naming customs, the first or paternal surname is Cruz and the second or maternal family name is Blackledge.
