Gricelda Valencia de la Mora (born 27 December 1973) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement party. From 2018 to 2024, she was a senator of the Congress of the Union representing the state of Colima,[1] and in 2024 she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies.[2]
Gricelda Valencia de la Mora | |
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| Senator of the Congress of the Union for Colima | |
| Assumed office 1 September 2018 Serving with Joel Padilla Peña and Gabriela Benavides Cobos | |
| Preceded by | Itzel Ríos de la Mora |
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| Born | 27 December 1973 Colima, Mexico |
| Political party | Morena |
| Other political affiliations | Progressive Movement |
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| Occupation | Politician |
Political career
editGricelda Valencia de la Mora was born in Colima, Mexico, in 1973. She studied a degree in pedagogy at the Universidad Multitécnica Profesional Colima.[3] In the federal elections of 2012, she was nominated as a candidate for senator for the state of Colima by the Progressive Movement coalition, made up of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), the Labor Party (PT) and the Citizen Movement party (MC). In the elections, she came in third place, with approximately 15% of the votes cast in her favor.[4]
In the 2018 federal elections, she was nominated as a second-party senator for the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party after Indira Vizcaíno Silva renounced her candidacy for the senate to run as a candidate for federal representative for district 1 of Colima.[5] In the elections, held on July 1, her candidacy was elected with nearly 43% of the votes cast in her favor.[6] On September 1, 2018, she held the seat of second-party senator representing the state of Colima in the 64th session of the Congress of the Union. Within the Senate, she held the position of president of the social security commission.[1]
In the 2024 general election, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent Colima's 2nd district for the 2024–2027 term.[2]
Controversies
editIn January 2020, the state leader of Morena in Colima, Sergio Jiménez Bojado, accused Gricelda Valencia of having tricked party supporters into attending the assemblies of the organization "Force for Mexico" so that it could be established as a national political party.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ a b "Senadora Gricelda Valencia de la Mora". www.senado.gob.mx. 2020. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ a b "Perfil: Dip. Gricelda Valencia de la Mora, LXVI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "Perfil: Sen. Gricelda Valencia de la Mora, LXIV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ "La apuesta de AMLO al Senado en Colima". Estación Pacífico (in Spanish). 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ "Gricelda Valencia será candidata por Morena al Senado en Colima". Colima Noticias. 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ "Reciben constancia de senadores electos Joel Padilla Peña y Gricelda Valencia". El Comentario. Universidad de Colima. 2018-08-09. Archived from the original on 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ "Gricelda Valencia engañó a militantes de Morena para que respaldaran a Fuerza Social: Jiménez Bojado". Colima Noticias. 2020-01-13. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ Bravo, Francis (2020-01-13). "Iniciará Morena proceso en contra de Gricelda Valencia". El Comentario. Universidad de Colima. Archived from the original on 2020-11-29. Retrieved 2023-09-14.