Nora Ruvalcaba Gámez (born 8 August 1967) is a Mexican educator and politician who is member of the National Regeneration Movement. She served as the party's first state president in Aguascalientes (2012–2015).

Nora Ruvalcaba Gámez
Coordinator of the Development Programs of the State of Aguascalientes
In office
2 September 2021 – 1 January 2022
Preceded byAldo Ruíz Sánchez
Succeeded bySilvia Licon Davila
Deputy of the Congress of Aguascalientes for Proportional representation
In office
15 November 2007 – 6 March 2010
Succeeded byGuillermo Román Esqueda
Councilor of Aguascalientes Town Hall
In office
1 January 2002 – 31 December 2004
Personal details
Born (1967-08-08) 8 August 1967 (age 57)
Pabellón de Arteaga, Aguascalientes, Mexico
Political partyPRD (1997–2014)
MORENA (from 2014)
EducationAutonomous University of Aguascalientes
OccupationPolitician, teacher, lawyer

On 31 August 2021, she served as State Delegate of the Programs for the Development of the State of Aguascalientes, a position she left on 7 January 2022 to contend for the government of the state of Aguascalientes representing MORENA.

She has served as Councilor in the Aguascalientes Town Hall (2002–2004) and local Deputy to the Congress of Aguascalientes (2007–2010).[1][2][3]

Career path

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Education

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Ruvalcaba studied at the Normal School of Aguascalientes and graduated with a degree in primary education. After her, she completed her studies at the Escuela Normal Superior, this time in social sciences. She finally obtained a third degree, at the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes as a Law graduate with a specialty in Constitutional.[1]

Political career

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She began her political career within the Party of the Democratic Revolution (1997–2012), she was president of the Municipal Executive Committee in Aguascalientes (1997–2000), General Secretary of the State Executive Committee (2005–2007) and finally national councilor (2007–2010). She was councilor of the Town Hall of Municipality of Aguascalientes (2002–2004) and local deputy in the Sixtieth Legislature corresponding to the period 2007–2010. In 2010 she ran as a candidate for governor of Aguascalientes for the Party of the Democratic Revolution. In 2012 she was the founder of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) in Aguascalientes and in 2016 she was a candidate for governor for said party, where she obtained fourth place with 3.18% of the vote. In addition, she was a candidate for federal deputy for the third district in the federal elections of 2015. She was the delegate of Programs for the Development of the State of Aguascalientes.[1]

Ruvalcaba Gámez won election as Aguascalientes's third senator in the 2024 Senate election, occupying the first place on the Sigamos Haciendo Historia coalition's two-name formula.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "¿Quién es Nora Ruvalcaba? La aspirante de Morena al gobierno de Aguascalientes". La Razón (in Spanish). 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  2. ^ Centro, Tomás Dávalos. "Nora Ruvalcaba va por Morena en Aguascalientes". El Sol del Centro (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  3. ^ "¿Quién es Nora Ruvalcaba Gámez, abanderada de Morena en Aguascalientes?". El Universal (in Spanish). 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Elecciones 2024: Candidatas y candidatos". Instituto Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Senadurías: Aguascalientes". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
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