Alma Lilia Luna Munguía Explained

Alma Lilia Luna Munguía
Birth Date:1976 8, df=yes
Birth Place:State of Mexico, Mexico
Occupation:Politician
Party:Institutional Revolutionary Party

Alma Lilia Luna Munguía (born 6 August 1976) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. She serves as a federal deputy to the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing the XXXII Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico, centered on Valle de Chalco Solidaridad.[1]

Life

As she pursued a law degree, Luna began her political career in the municipality of Valle de Chalco; she was a municipal technical secretary from 1997 to 1998 and worker her way up to various positions in the municipality, most recently, she was municipal secretary of Valle de Chalco from 2009 to 2012.[1]

Her political career was marked by two party flips. She started in the PRI, participating in its campaigns for governor and municipal president.[1] However, by 2003, she had flipped to the Party of the Democratic Revolution, and it was during her time in the PRD that she went to San Lázaro for the first time, as a deputy in the LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress. She was a secretary on the National Defense Commission and sat on others dealing with Hydraulic Resources, Transportation and Special on Non-Discrimination.[1]

After her first term, Luna flipped back to the PRI, becoming a municipal political councilor in that party between 2009 and 2015.[1] She also served as a coordinator in Valle de Chalco for the PRI's 2011 gubernatorial and 2012 presidential campaigns.[1]

In 2015, voters in the 32nd district, centered on Valle de Chalco, returned Luna to the Chamber of Deputies for the LXIII Legislature. She serves on the Cooperative Stimulus and Social Economy, Culture and Film, and Human Rights Commissions.[1]

Personal

Alma's brother, Miguel Ángel Luna Munguía, also represented Chalco in the Chamber of Deputies, for the LXI Legislature under the PRI banner. He was running against Alma as the PRD candidate when he was killed in his campaign office on 2 June 2015, just days before the election.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Perfil del legislador. Legislative Information System. 22 July 2016. Spanish.
  2. News: El Sol de México. 4 June 2015. Dan a Miguel Ángel Luna Munguía su último adiós en la catedral de Valle de Chalco. Gerardo. Campos. 22 July 2016. Spanish.