Ricardo Monreal Ávila (born 19 September 1960) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the

National Regeneration Movement The National Regeneration Movement (), commonly referred to by its syllabic abbreviation Morena (), is a major left-wing political party in Mexico, often described as oscillating between social democracy and populism. As of 2023, it is the la ...

(Morena). He currently serves as a Deputy in the Mexican Congress, representing a Proportional Representation seat since September 1, 2024. He is also the President of the Political Coordination Board in the Chamber of Deputies. Previously, he was a

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and the Senate Majority Leader, a former

Governor of Zacatecas The governor of Zacatecas (Spanish: Gobernador Constitucional del Estado de Zacatecas) wields executive power in the Zacatecas, State of Zacatecas. The governor is directly elected by the citizens, using secret ballot, to a six-year term with no ...

and a former member of the

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(PRI) (and of the Party of the Democratic Revolution PRD) being closely identified during his tenure in that party with former president

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. Monreal Ávila graduated with a bachelor's degree in law from the

Autonomous University of Zacatecas The Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (UAZ) (Autonomous University of Zacatecas) is a Mexican public research university based in the city of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, but with several campuses across the state. It is considered both the most pres ...

(UAZ) and with a Ph.D. in administrative and constitutional law from the

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public university, public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countri ...

(UNAM). He worked as a professor of law for several years and got involved in several agricultural programs and farmers' organizations during most of the 1980s. In 1991 he became president of the state chapter of the Revolutionary Institutional Party, a political institution he represented twice at the

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, once at the local congress and twice at the

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. In 1998, after losing the PRI nomination for governor of Zacatecas, he switched sides and joined the left-of-center Party of the Democratic Revolution, winning the election with 44.6% of the votes. He billed his victory as "the second taking of Zacatecas." Monreal left the governorship in September 2004 and briefly considered to compete for the 2006 PRD presidential candidacy. Instead, he joined the presidential campaign of

Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican former politician, political scientist, public administrator and writer who served as the 65th president of Mexico from 2018 to 2024. He se ...

, the former

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. In the

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of 2 July 2006, he was elected to the

for the PRD as a national-list PR senator. On 11 July 2018, after the landslide victory of the National Regeneration Movement during the

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, he was named President of MORENA in the Senate.

References

External links

esmas.com: Ricardo Monreal

Terra: Ricardo Monreal

Revista Líderes Mexicanos: Ricardo Monreal
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