Nadia Navarro Acevedo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Navarro and the second or maternal family name is Acevedo.

Nadia Navarro Acevedo
Senator of the Congress of the Union from Puebla First Minority
In office 1 September 2018 – 8 April 2021
Preceded by	Javier Lozano Alarcón
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 June 2021
Personal details
Nationality	Mexican
Political party	PRI (since 2023)
Other political affiliations	PAN (until 2023)
Occupation	Politician

Nadia Navarro Acevedo is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party and previously the National Action Party. Since 2018, she serves as Senator of the Mexican Congress representing Puebla.^[1]

Early years

Navarro studied a law degree at the Escuela Libre de Derecho of Puebla and a master's degree in constitutional law and protection. From 2002 to 2004, she worked as a lawyer for the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS).^[2] From 2005 to 2007, she worked as a lawyer in the defense department of the Comptroller's Office of the municipality of Puebla de Zaragoza.^[3]

Political career

In 2014, Navarro was appointed as councilor of the municipality of Puebla de Zaragoza on behalf of the Social Pact of Integration party. In January 2017, she requested leave of absence from the position to join the team of Governor José Antonio Gali Fayad as head of the Poblano Institute for Women.^[2][4]

In the 2018 federal elections, Navarro was elected as the first minority senator of the National Action Party. Since 1 September 2018, she is a senator representing the state of Puebla in the LXIV and LXV Legislatures of the Congress of the Union. Within the Senate, she served as secretary of the Governance Commission and the bicameral Commission of the Congressional Channel.^[1]

While in office, she joined the Madrid Forum, an alliance organized by the Spanish party Vox, which comprises right-wing and far-right individuals.^[5]

On 14 December 2023, she left the National Action Party to join the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Additionally, she announced her interest in seeking re-election as a senator with the support of her new party.^[6]

References

1. "Senadora Nadia Navarro Acevedo". Senate of México.
2. "Perfil del legislador. Navarro Acevedo, Nadia". Secretaría de Gobernación. 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
3. Partido Acción Nacional (2020). "Senadora Nadia Navarro Acevedo". Retrieved 16 July 2020.
4. "Aprueba Cabildo licencia a regidora Navarro Acevedo; se integrará al gobierno de Gali". Reto Diario. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
5. "Carta de Madrid". Fundación Disenso (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-12-07.
6. Ochoa, Ximena (14 December 2023). "Nadia Navarro renunció al PAN y se integró al PRI en el Senado: buscará reelección en 2024". Infobae.