Ana Teresa Aranda Orozco (b. January 26, 1954 in León

León, Guanajuato

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, Guanajuato

Guanajuato

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) is a Mexican

Mexico

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 politician affiliated to the National Action Party

National Action Party (Mexico)

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 who served as Director of the DIF (Spanish acronym for Sistema Nacional para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia). In January 2006 President

President of Mexico

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 Vicente Fox

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 designated her Secretary of Social Development.

Political career

Aranda has been an active member of the National Action Party in the state of Puebla

Puebla

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, from 1995 to 1998 she served as the president of the PAN in that state. In 1998 she unsuccessfully ran for the governorship of Puebla and in the 2000 elections she unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Senate

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