Mara Lezama Espinosa | |
Birthname: | María Elena Hermelinda Lezama Espinosa |
Birth Date: | 29 September 1968 |
Birth Place: | Mexico City |
Office: | 9th Governor of Quintana Roo |
Term Start: | 25 September 2022 |
Predecessor: | Carlos Joaquín González |
Occupation: | Politician and journalist |
Party: | National Regeneration Movement (2015–present) |
Spouse: | Omar Terrazas García |
Children: | 3 |
María Elena Hermelinda Lezama Espinosa (born 29 September 1968), known as Mara Lezama, is a Mexican journalist and politician from the Morena party.[1] She is the current Governor of Quintana Roo, becoming the first woman to govern the state.[2]
She was the mayor of Benito Juárez from 2021 to 2022. She then became a candidate for Governor of Quintana Roo, supported by the Juntos Hacemos Historia alliance in the 2022 local elections, which she eventually won.[3]