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Mexican politician
Ana Rosa Payán Cervera
24th Mayor of Mérida, Yucatán
In office
July 1, 1991 – July 7, 1993
Preceded byCarlos Ceballos Traconis
Succeeded byLuis Correa Mena
Personal details
Born1951
NationalityMexican
Political partyIndependent
Alma materAutonomous University of Yucatán
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionAccountant

Ana Rosa Payán Cervera is a Mexican right-wing politician from the state of Yucatán who in 2006 served as Director of the National System for Integral Family Development (DIF) in the cabinet of Vicente Fox. In 2007 she ran for Governor of Yucatán as the Labor Party–Convergence candidate.

Personal life

Payán was born to Alfonso Payán Flores and Aurora Cervera de Payán. She holds a bachelor's degree in accounting.

Political career

Payán joined the National Action Party in 1983 and from that year until early 2007 she was an active PAN member. She served as a federal deputy from 1988 to 1990, representing Yucatán's first district; Mayor of Mérida from 1991 to 1993 (the first female in that function); local deputy in the Congress of Yucatán from 1995 to 1997; and Senator from 1997 to 2000. In January 2006 President Vicente Fox designated her Director of the National System for Integral Family Development (DIF).

Yucatán gubernatorial election

In December 2006 Payán contested for the PAN nomination for Governor of Yucatán but was defeated in the PAN primaries by Xavier Abreu Sierra; following the primary election results Payán left the PAN alleging fraud during the elections; She then accepted the Convergence invitation to run as its candidate for the 2007 Yucatán gubernatorial election. Payán lost against the PRI candidate.

Preceded byAna Teresa Aranda Director of the DIF
2006 		Succeeded byCecilia Landerreche Gómez Morín
Preceded byXavier Abreu Sierra Municipal president of Mérida
2001 – 2004 		Succeeded byManuel Fuentes Alcocer
Preceded by— Municipal president of Mérida
1990 – 1993 		Succeeded byLuis Correa Mena

References

  1. "Legislatura 54" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  2. "Perfil: Sen. Ana Rosa Payán Cervera, LVII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  3. Payán quits the PAN
  4. Payán accepts the election results


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