Martha Palafox Gutiérrez
Mexican politician (1949–2022)
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Martha Palafox Gutiérrez (23 February 1949 – 17 March 2022) was a Mexican lawyer and politician. At different times, she was affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the Labor Party (PT) and the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
Martha Palafox Gutiérrez | |
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Palafox in the Senate, 2013 | |
| Plurinominal deputy of the Congress of the Union | |
| In office 1 September 2003 – 31 August 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Javier García González |
| Succeeded by | José Alejandro Aguilar López |
| Deputy of the Congress of the Union for Tlaxcala's 3rd district | |
| In office 1 September 1997 – 31 August 2000 | |
| Succeeded by | Albino Mendieta Cuapio |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 February 1949 Huamantla, Tlaxcala, Mexico |
| Died | 17 March 2022 (aged 73) |
| Party | PRI, PT, Morena. |
| Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
Martha Palafox Gutiérrez was born in Huamantla, Tlaxcala, on 23 February 1949. She earned a law degree from the Autonomous University of Tlaxcala (UAT) and, in 1965, became a member of the PRI.[1]
She was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the 57th Congress (1997–2000), representing Tlaxcala's 3rd district for the PRI.[2] Her second term in Congress was during the 59th Congress (2003–2006) as a plurinominal deputy for the PRI.[3]
In the 2012 general election, she was elected to the Senate, where she served during the 62nd Congress (2012–2015), representing Tlaxcala for the PT.[1]
She contended for the governorship of Tlaxcala for Morena in the 2016 state elections but lost to Marco Antonio Mena Rodríguez of the PRI.[4]
Palafox Gutiérrez died on 17 March 2022.[4]
