| María Marván Laborde | |
| Nationality: | Mexican |
María Marván Laborde is a Mexican sociologist and political scientist. Her research focuses on elections in Mexico, governmental transparency, and privacy policy. In 2011 she was elected to the Federal Electoral Institute of Mexico (es), a body that she became the president of. She has also been the president of the Governing Council of Transparencia Mexicana, a civil society organization for transparency in Mexican politics.
Laborde attended the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where she obtained both a bachelor's and a master's degree.[1] She then studied at The New School for Social Research in New York, graduating with a master's degree and a PhD in sociology.[1]
Laborde has been a professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the University of Guadalajara, the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (es), and the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.[1]
From 2002 to 2011, Laborde was Commissioner of the Federal Institute for Access to Public Information (es).[2] In 2011, she was elected to serve on the Federal Electoral Institute of Mexico, with a term ending in 2019.[3] She was the first, and by 2020 the only, woman to be the president of that body.[4] In that role, and in her capacity as a researcher of governance and elections, she has been a public advocate for transparency in Mexican government.[5] Laborde regularly speaks publicly on questions regarding Mexico's democratic institutions.[6]
Laborde was also involved in the creation of the Open Government Partnership, and has worked with the Organization of American States.[1] She has also served as President of the Governing Council of Transparencia Mexicana, an NGO that advocates for transparency in the governance of Mexico.[7]