Rosalía Peredo Aguilar (4 December 1951 – 20 June 2023) was a Mexican politician who served in the

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. Although she was a member of the National Action Party (PAN), most of her political experience came from center and center-left political parties.

Political career

Peredo held a

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and

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. She was an active member of the Worker's Revolutionary Party (PRT) and in 1985, was elected a PRT federal deputy, serving during the LIII Legislature of Congress (1985–1988). Peredo left the PRT and joined the Labor Party (PT), serving again in the

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, this time representing the PT during the LVIII Legislature. In 2006 she left the PT to run as the National Action Party candidate for the Senate representing the State of Tlaxcala; she secured that state's first minority seat.

Death

Peredo died on 20 June 2023, at the age of 71.Muere la luchadora social, destacada política y exservidora pública Rosalía Peredo Aguilar

References

External links

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1951 births 2023 deaths Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) National Action Party (Mexico) politicians Women members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) Rosalia Peredo Workers' Revolutionary Party (Mexico) politicians 21st-century Mexican politicians 21st-century Mexican women politicians Deputies of the LIII Legislature of Mexico Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Academic staff of the Chapingo Autonomous University 20th-century Mexican politicians 20th-century Mexican women politicians People from Toluca Politicians from Mexico City {{Mexico-senator-NationalAction-stub