Ruth Zavaleta Salgado | |
Office: | President of the Chamber of Deputies |
Term Start: | 1 September 2007 |
Term End: | 31 August 2008 |
Predecessor: | María Elena Álvarez Bernal |
Successor: | César Duarte Jáquez |
Order2: | 4th |
Office2: | Jefe Delegacional of Venustiano Carranza |
Term Start2: | 2003 |
Term End2: | 2005 |
Predecessor2: | María Guadalupe Morales Rubio |
Successor2: | Rocío Barrera Badillo |
Birth Date: | 27 August 1966 |
Birth Place: | Mexico City |
Party: | Ecologist Green Party of Mexico |
Alma Mater: | National Autonomous University of Mexico |
Profession: | Sociology |
Ruth Zavaleta Salgado (born August 27, 1966) is a Mexican politician. She was affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) until November 2009 [1] but changed and is currently part of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico.[2] She is a founding member of the PRD and the first female PRD politician to serve as President of the Chamber of Deputies 2007-2008.[3]
Zavaleta holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
In 1989 Zavaleta was one of the founders of the PRD. In 1997 Cuauhtemoc Cárdenas designated her as Secretary of Social Development in the government of the Mexican Federal District; she then served (1998 - 2000) as Secretary of Finance in the Mexican Federal District.
From 2000 to 2003 she served in the Legislative Assembly of the Mexican Federal District. In 2003 she was elected borough mayor (Jefe Delegacional) of Venustiano Carranza.
In 2006 Zavaleta won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico; hence she was serving during the LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress. In 2007 she was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies Directive Board for the second year of the LX Legislature (September 2007 - August 2008).