Ana Rosa Payán
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Mexico
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right-wing politician from Yucatán
Yucatán
Yucatán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 106 municipalities and its capital city is Mérida....
who in 2006 served as Director of the Sistema Nacional para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF) in the cabinet of Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox Quesada is a Mexican former politician who served as President of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006 and currently serves as co-President of the Centrist Democrat International, an international organization of Christian democratic political parties.Fox was elected...
. In 2007 she ran for Governor of Yucatán
Governor of Yucatán
According to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán, the exercise of the Executive Power of this Mexican state is placed in a single individual, that Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán who is chosen for a period of 6 years and is not...
as the Labor Party
Labor Party (Mexico)
The Labor Party is a nationally recognized political party in Mexico. It was founded on December 8, 1990. The party is currently led by Alberto Anaya....
–Convergence
Convergence (Mexico)
Convergence is a political party in Mexico. It was previously known as Convergence for Democracy but the party assembly decided, in August 2002, to adopt the shorter form of its name.Convergence was founded as a "national political grouping" in 1997...
candidate.
Personal life
Payán was born to Alfonso Payán Flores and Aurora Cervera de Payán. She holds a bachelor's degreeBachelor's degree
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in accounting.
Political career
Payán joined the National Action PartyNational Action Party (Mexico)
The National Action Party , is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. The party's political platform is generally considered Centre-Right in the Mexican political spectrum. Since 2000, the President of Mexico has been a member of this party; both houses have PAN pluralities, but the...
in 1983 and from that year until early 2007 she was an active PAN member. She served as federal deputy from 1988 to 1990, representing Yucatán's First District
First Federal Electoral District of Yucatán
The First Federal Electoral District of Yucatán is one of the 300 Electoral Districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of five such districts in the state of Yucatán.It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each...
; Mayor of Mérida from 1991 to 1993; local deputy in the state of Yucatán from 1995 to 1997; and Senator from 1997 to 2000. In January 2006 President Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox Quesada is a Mexican former politician who served as President of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006 and currently serves as co-President of the Centrist Democrat International, an international organization of Christian democratic political parties.Fox was elected...
designated her Director of the Sistema Nacional para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF).
Yucatán gubernatorial election
In December 2006 Payán contested for the PAN nomination for Governor of YucatánGovernor of Yucatán
According to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán, the exercise of the Executive Power of this Mexican state is placed in a single individual, that Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán who is chosen for a period of 6 years and is not...
but was defeated in the PAN primaries
Primary election
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by Xavier Abreu Sierra
Xavier Abreu Sierra
Xavier Antonio Abreu Sierra is a Mexican politician affiliated to the National Action Party .-Political career:...
; following the primary election results Payán left the PAN alleging fraud during the elections; She then accepted the Convergence
Convergence (Mexico)
Convergence is a political party in Mexico. It was previously known as Convergence for Democracy but the party assembly decided, in August 2002, to adopt the shorter form of its name.Convergence was founded as a "national political grouping" in 1997...
invitation to run as its candidate for the 2007 Yucatán gubernatorial election
Yucatán state election, 2007
Local elections were held in the Mexican state of Yucatán on May 20, 2007. Voters went to the polls to elect on the local level:*a new Governor of Yucatán to serve for a six-year term;*106 municipal presidents to serve for a three-year term;...
. Payán lost against the PRI candidate.