| Clara Brugada | |
| Office1: | Head of Government-elect of Mexico City |
| Term Start1: | 5 October 2024 |
| Succeeding1: | Martí Batres |
| Office2: | Mayor of Iztapalapa |
| Term Start2: | 1 October 2018 |
| Term End2: | 16 September 2023 |
| Predecessor2: | Dione Anguiano Flores |
| Successor2: | Raúl Basulto Luviano |
| Office3: | Member of the Constituent Assembly of Mexico City by Proportional Representation |
| Term Start3: | 15 September 2016 |
| Term End3: | 31 January 2017 |
| Birth Name: | Clara Marina Brugada Molina |
| Birth Date: | 1963 8, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Office4: | Delegational Head of Iztapalapa |
| Term Start4: | 10 December 2009 |
| Term End4: | 30 November 2012 |
| 4Blankname4: | Designated by |
| 4Namedata4: | Legislative Assembly of the Federal District |
| Predecessor4: | Rafael Acosta Ángeles |
| Successor4: | Salvador Valencia Guzmán |
| Office5: | Member of the Congress of the Union for Mexico City’s 25th District |
| Term Start5: | 1 September 2003 |
| Term End5: | 31 August 2006 |
| Predecessor5: | María Magdalena García González |
| Successor5: | Miguel Ángel Solares Chávez |
| Office6: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District for the 29th District |
| Term Start6: | 15 September 2000 |
| Term End6: | 14 September 2003 |
| Predecessor6: | Daniel Martínez Enríquez |
| Successor6: | Aleida Alavez Ruiz |
| Office7: | Member of the Congress of the Union for Mexico City’s 22nd District |
| Term Start7: | 1 September 1997 |
| Term End7: | 31 August 2000 |
| Predecessor7: | Víctor Manuel Álvarez Trasviña |
| Successor7: | Esteban Daniel González Enríquez |
| Party: | Morena (2014-present) |
| Education: | Metropolitan Autonomous University MEcon |
| Otherparty: | Party of the Democratic Revolution (1995-2012) |
Clara Marina Brugada Molina (born August 12, 1963) is a Mexican politician who is the head of government-elect of Mexico City after winning the 2024 election.[1] [2] A member of Morena, she formerly served as mayor of the borough of Iztapalapa borough and as a federal and district legislator.
Brugada was born on August 12, 1963 in Mexico City. She attended the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) in Iztapalapa from 1980 to 1985 with a degree in economics. She later worked as an advisor for DECA Equipo Pueblo, a civil association.[3]
Brugada first ran for political office 1995, where she was elected as a councilor for the San Miguel Teotongo neighborhood in the inaugural citizen council of Iztapalapa.
In 1997, she was elected to the federal Chamber of Deputies as a member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). In 2000, she was elected as a deputy in the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District (now the Congress of Mexico City). She returned to the federal Chamber of Deputies in the 2003 election.
Brugada joined the government of Head of Government (mayor) Marcelo Ebrard following his victory in the 2006 election. In 2009, she became head of the borough of Iztapalapa, serving until 2012. Brugada left the PRD to join Morena, a party founded by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, in 2012.
in 2018, Brugada was elected borough mayor of Iztapalapa, and was reelected in 2021. In September 2023, she resigned as borough mayor in order to run for mayor of Mexico City in the 2024 election.[4] Brugada was chosen as Morena's candidate over former Secretary of Citizen Security Omar García Harfuch.[5] On 2 June 2024, Brugada was elected mayor.