| Clara Brugada | |
| Office1: | Head of Government of Mexico City |
| Term Start1: | 5 October 2024 |
| 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) |
| Predecessor1: | Martí Batres |
Clara Marina Brugada Molina (born August 12, 1963) is a Mexican politician who is the head of government 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. After her father died at 15, she moved with her family to Chiapas, a southern state in Mexico with high levels of poverty. The inequality and poverty she saw there prompted her to study economics.[3]
She attended the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) in Iztapalapa from 1980 to 1985, where she earned a degree in economics. She later worked as an advisor for DECA Equipo Pueblo, a civil association.[4]
She is not married and has no children. She has said she planned to dedicate her life to her community.
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 PRD as the representative for District 22 (Sierra de Santa Catarina).[5] 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. After the conclusion of her term in 2012, Brugada left the PRD in 2012, and in 2014 joined Morena, a party founded by Andrés Manuel López Obrador. She was voted Secretary of Welfare of the National Executive Committee of Morena, and two years later she became the Deputy and Vice President of the Constituent Assembly of Mexico City.
In the 2018 elections, Brugada was elected borough mayor of Iztapalapa, and was reelected in 2021. As mayor, she implemented several infrastructure and community projects, such as the construction of the second line of the Cablebus (an elevated trolleybus), mural projects and community centers called Utopías. The aim of this last initiative was to facilitate access to public services for the communities of Iztapalapa (with a population close to 2 million). Utopías won the International Observatory on Participatory Democracy (IOPD) award for 2024.[6]
In September 2023, she resigned as borough mayor in order to run for mayor of Mexico City in the 2024 election.[7] Brugada was chosen as Morena's candidate over former Secretary of Citizen Security Omar García Harfuch.[8] On 2 June 2024, Brugada was elected mayor. She was inaugurated on 5 October. Among her pledges is to improve security for women, alleviate the ongoing water crisis, prevent forced evictions and prioritize rental housing for youth with the option to buy.[9] She has a feminist perspective, and she plans for her cabinets to reflect this. Her cabinet is composed of 10 men and 11 women.