Mexico City /
The incoming Morena bench in the Chamber of Deputies elected unanimity to Ifigenia Martínez as president of the Board of Directors in the Palacio de San Lázaro for the first year of the 66th Legislature and, consequently, in charge of hand over the presidential seat to Claudia Sheinbaum on October 1.
This was confirmed by the coordinator of the elected Morenoist deputies, Ricardo Monrealby emphasizing that the designation represents a recognition of the economist’s career.
“She is an icon, she is a woman with a long career, experience and she is a symbol of women’s political struggle, but also of struggle on the Mexican left. So, it is a recognition of his career, his contribution, his talent and his fight that he has developed for many years.”
The 500 elected deputies They are called to the constituent session of the 66th Legislature tomorrow, Thursday and, within that framework, they will elect the new Board of Directors which Ifigenia Martínez will preside over as of September 1.
Monreal also explained that the parliamentary group in his charge also elected Alfonso Ramirez Cuellar as vice coordinator Arturo Avila as spokesperson.
In a closed-door meeting, Dolores Padierna and Sergio Gutiérrez Luna they dispute the first vice presidency of the Chamber of Deputies.
This is how Claudia Sheinbaum and Ifigenia Martínez have been received:
Who is Ifigenia Martínez, new president of the Chamber of Deputies?
Ifigenia Martha Martínez Hernández nborn in Mexico City on June 16, 1925. She has a degree in Economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and stands out as the first Mexican to obtain a postgraduate degree in Economics at Harvard University. Her long career includes her role as co-founder, in the middle of the last century, of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
During the student movement of 1968highlighted her role as a defender of the autonomy of UNAM. Furthermore, he condemned the army’s invasion of University City.
In legislative life, she has previously held the position of federal deputy, as well as senator of the Republic.
“For the Presidency, I voted for Ifigenia Martínez”
On Sunday June 2, after going to her booth in the Tlalpan mayor’s office, south of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum revealed that teacher Ifigenia Martínez voted for the Presidency of the Republic.“For the Presidency I voted for Ifigenia Martínez. And everything else, well, you already know how we vote,” he commented.
How long will Martínez Hernández last as president of San Lázaro?
The Organic Law of the Mexican Congress establishes that the Board of Directors of the also called lower house will consist of a presidency, two vice presidencies and a secretariat proposed by each parliamentary group.
Martínez Hernandez, He will carry out the task during the first year of the sixty-sixth Legislatureas established in Article 17 of said Law.
Who is Ifigenia Martínez?
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