María Esther Scherman Leaño
Mexican politician (born 1957)
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María Esther de Jesús Scherman Leaño (born 5 January 1957) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
María Scherman Leaño | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 January 1957 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Occupation | Politician |
Political party | PRI |
| Spouse | Marco Antonio Bernal Gutiérrez[1] |
Scherman Leaño was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, in 1957. She has been elected to the Chamber of Deputies on five occasions:
- In the 1985 mid-terms (53rd Congress), for Jalisco's 3rd district[2]
- In the 1991 mid-terms (55th Congress), for Jalisco's 16th district[3]
- In the 2003 mid-terms (59th Congress), as a plurinominal deputy for the first region[4]
- In the 2009 mid-terms (61st Congress), as a plurinominal deputy for the first region[5]
- In the 2015 mid-terms (63rd Congress), as a plurinominal deputy for the fourth region[6]
In the 1988 general election, she was elected to the Senate for the 54th Congress.[4]
Scherman Leaño was also the director of the National Lottery during the presidency of Enrique Peña Nieto (2012–2018).[7]
