Josefina Vázquez Mota
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Josefina Eugenia Vázquez Mota (pronunciationⓘ [xo̞.se̞'fi.na'βas.ke̞s'mo̞.ta]) (born 20 January 1961, in Mexico City) is a businessperson and politician who was the presidential candidate of the National Action Party (PAN) for the 2012 elections. Vázquez Mota was trained as an economist and began her working career in family businesses and with various business organizations and conferences, also working as a journalist and writing books. She began her political career with the PAN by becoming involved in Mexico’s federal Chamber of Deputies of Mexico and then in the administrations of Vicente Fox and Felipe Calderón. She was the PAN's first female candidate for president.
Josefina Vázquez Mota | |
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President of the Political Coordination Board of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 5 September 2010 – 31 August 2011 | |
Preceded by | Francisco Rojas Gutiérrez |
Succeeded by | Armando Ríos Piter |
Coordinator of the Parliamentary Group of the National Action Party | |
In office 1 September 2009 – 6 September 2011 | |
Preceded by | Héctor Larios Córdova |
Succeeded by | Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña |
Secretary of Public Education | |
In office 1 December 2006 – 4 April 2009 | |
President | Felipe Calderón |
Preceded by | Reyes Tamez Guerra |
Succeeded by | Alonso Lujambio |
Secretary of Social Development | |
In office 1 December 2000 – 6 January 2006 | |
President | Vicente Fox |
Preceded by | Carlos Jarque |
Succeeded by | Ana Teresa Aranda |
Personal details | |
Born | Josefina Eugenia Vázquez Mota (1961-01-20) 20 January 1961 (age 63) Mexico City, Mexico |
Political party | National Action Party |
Spouse |
Sergio Ocampo Muñoz (m. 1994) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Iberoamerican University Panamerican University Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology |
Website | Official website |