Sonia Rocha Acosta (March 30, 1978) is a Mexican politician and attorney from

Querétaro Querétaro, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Querétaro, 18 municipalities. Its capital city is Querétaro Cit ...

. A member of the National Action Party (PAN), she was elected to the federal

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in 2018. From 2015 to 2018, she was a Senator from

Education

Sonia Rocha Acosta has a degree in law and a master's degree in state and municipal public administration from the Autonomous University of Querétaro.

Early career

Rocha Acosta first became involved in PAN at age 16 as a member of the party's youth group. In 2003, she joined the office of the inspector of the Querétaro attorney general. From 2006 to 2009, she served in the Querétaro state legislature.

Senate of Mexico

In the 2012 general election, she was elected as a substitute for Senator Francisco Domínguez Servién. Following Domínguez's leave of absence to mount a candidacy for Governor of Querétaro, she went on to replace him as a member of the

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on March 3, 2015. As a Senator, she pushed a proposal to require all members of

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to have a higher education degree.

Chamber of Deputies

She remained a member of the Senate until 2018. In the 2018 general election, Rocha was elected to the

, representing Querétaro's first district in the LXIV Legislature; she was re-elected to the same seat in the 2021 midterms. Her headquarters is in the city of

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. She became a member of PAN's national council in 2021. In 2023, Rocha Acosta opposed spending proposals introduced by members of Morena in Congress, arguing it misallocated resources and would contribute to the national debt. Rocha Acosta chose not to seek reelection for the Chamber of Deputies in

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, and instead ran to be a substitute for PAN Senate candidate Guadalupe Murguía Gutiérrez.

Political views

Rocha Acosta and fellow PAN deputy Madeleine Bonnafoux Alcaraz were reported to be supporters of the National Front for the Family coalition, which opposes the legalization of abortion in Mexico. Rocha Acosta criticized comments by Morena federal deputy Miroslava Sánchez, who led the Health Commission in the Chamber of Deputies, that suggested there is a consensus among parties to legalize abortion.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rocha Acosta, Sonia Deputies of the LXV Legislature of Mexico 1978 births Women in Mexico National Action Party (Mexico) politicians 21st-century Mexican women politicians Autonomous University of Querétaro alumni Living people Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Querétaro Deputies of the LXIV Legislature of Mexico Women members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico)