Carolina Viggiano

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Viggiano and the second or maternal family name is Austria.

Alma Carolina Viggiano Austria (born 6 July 1968) is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

Carolina Viggiano
Senator of the Congress of the Union for Hidalgo
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 September 2024
Preceded by	Nuvia Mayorga Delgado
Personal details
Born	(1968-07-06) 6 July 1968 (age 57) Tepehuacán de Guerrero, Hidalgo, Mexico
Political party	PRI
Alma mater	UAEH
Occupation	Politician

Viggiano has served as a federal deputy on four occasions: during the 58th Congress (2000–2002), for Hidalgo's first district;^[1] the 61st Congress (2009–2012), for Hidalgo's sixth district;^[2] the 63rd Congress (2015–2018), again for Hidalgo's first district;^[3] and the 65rd Congress (2021–2024), as a plurinominal deputy for the fifth region.^[4]

She previously served as a local deputy in the 56th Legislature of the Congress of Hidalgo.^[2]

Viggiano Austria sought election as one of Hidalgo's senators in the 2024 Senate election, occupying the first place on the Fuerza y Corazón por México coalition's two-name formula.^[5] The coalition placed second, securing it one of the state's three Senate seats.^[6]