Rubén Mendoza Ayala

Rubén Mendoza Ayala
Born	(1961-02-02)2 February 1961 Tlalnepantla de Baz, State of Mexico, Mexico
Died	16 April 2016(2016-04-16) (aged 55) Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Alma mater	National Autonomous University of Mexico
Occupation	Politician
Political party	PRI (1985–1996) PAN (1996–2009) PRD (2012–2016)

Rubén Mendoza Ayala (2 February 1961 – 16 April 2016) was a Mexican politician. At different times, he was affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the National Action Party (PAN) and the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).

In the 1997 mid-terms he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent the State of Mexico's 15th district for the PAN during the 57th Congress.^[1]

He was municipal president of Tlalnepantla de Baz from 2000 to 2003.^[2]

In the 2003 mid-terms he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent the State of Mexico's 16th district for the PAN during the 59th Congress.^[2][3]

In the 2005 state election he unsuccessfully ran against Enrique Peña Nieto for the governorship of the state.^[4] In 2009 he was expelled from the National Action Party due to his irregular financial management of the party's accounts.^[5]

In 2012 he joined the Party of the Democratic Revolution, where he ran again for the governorship.^{[6][when?][citation needed]}

Mendoza Ayala died in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, on 16 April 2016.^[3]

References

1. "Legislatura 57" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
2. "Perfil: Dip. Rubén Mendoza Ayala, LIX Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
3. "Muere Rubén Mendoza Ayala a los 55 años víctima de un paro cardíaco". cronica.com.mx. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016.
4. "No me abandonará mi gente, confía Rubén Mendoza Ayala". Jornada. 30 June 2005. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
5. "Expulsa PAN a Rubén Mendoza Ayala". El Universal. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
6. "Rubén Mendoza será candidato otra vez; ahora del PRD". El Universal. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2014.