Cynthia Iliana López Castro (born 18 February 1987) is a Mexican politician formerly affiliated with the

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(PRI) and currently aligned with the

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(MORENA). She was elected to the

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in 2015 and served as one of the assembly's vice-presidents during her term in office. In 2016–2017 she was also a member of the Constituent Assembly of Mexico City. From 2018 to 2021 she served as a plurinominal deputy in the 64th Congress representing the fourth electoral region, which includes her birthplace in

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. She was re-elected to the same position in 2021 for the

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. López Castro won election as one of Mexico City's senators in the 2024 Senate election, occupying the first place on the ''

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'' coalition's two-name formula. On 29 October she resigned her membership in the PRI because of "differences with the party's current leadership", stating that she would remain in the Senate as an

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. Two weeks later, she joined MORENA, securing the ruling party's coalition a

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in the Senate.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez Castro, Cynthia Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians 21st-century Mexican women politicians Living people 1987 births