Valentina Ruiz Lizárraga
Mexican politician
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Valentina Ruiz Lizárraga is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). She served in the LV Legislature of the Congress of Sonora from 1997 to 2000.
Valentina Ruiz Lizárraga | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Congress of Sonora Plurinominal | |
| In office 16 September 1997 – 15 September 2000 | |
| Municipal president of Pitiquito | |
| In office 1994–1997 | |
| Preceded by | Gonzalo Celaya García |
| Succeeded by | Ricardo Armando Gutiérrez García |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Citizenship | Mexican |
| Party | PRI |
| Education | Universidad de Sonora (LLB) |
Biography
Ruiz Lizárraga was born in the Zaragoza neighborhood of Pitiquito, Sonora,[1] and earned her law degree from the Universidad de Sonora in 1988.[2] During this time, she served as Francisco Barbeitia Fierros' substitute deputy in the LI Legislature of the Congress of Sonora from 1985 to 1988.[3] Ruiz Lizárraga then served as the municipal president of Pitiquito from 1994 to 1997.[4][5] Finally, she was elected as a member of the LV Legislature of the Congress of Sonora via proportional representation,[6][7] serving on the Justice Committee.[8]
Her father, Ricardo Ruiz León, and her brother, Gumercindo Ruiz Lizárraga, both also served as municipal presidents of Pitiquito.[9]