María de los Dolores Padierna Luna (born 8 May 1958) is a Mexican politician. A founding member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), she left the party in September 2017.[2] She later joined the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).

Dolores Padierna
Padierna during her 2012–2018 Senate term
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Mexico City's 4th district
Assumed office
1 September 2024
Preceded byGerardo Fernández Noroña
Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
1 September 2018
PresidentPorfirio Muñoz Ledo
Preceded byMartha Tamayo
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Mexico City's 12th district
Assumed office
1 September 2018
Preceded byAlicia Barrientos Pantoja
Succeeded byGabriela Sodi Miranda
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for the Federal District's 8th district
In office
1 September 2003 – 31 August 2006
Preceded byMauro Huerta Díaz
Succeeded byArmando Barreiro Pérez
In office
1 September 1997 – 31 August 2000
Preceded byJesús Rodríguez y Rodríguez
Succeeded byMauro Huerta Díaz
Personal details
Born (1958-05-08) 8 May 1958 (age 66)
Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico[1]
Political partyMORENA
OccupationPolitician

From 2000 to 2003, she served as the elected mayor of Cuauhtémoc, D.F.[3]

She was a plurinominal senator during the 62nd and 63rd Congresses (2012–2018). She also served as a federal deputy in 1997–2000, 2003–2006 and 2018–2021.[4][3]

Padierna Luna was the candidate for mayor in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, for the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) in the 2021 election[5] despite accusations that she and her husband, René Bejarano, were corrupt.[6][7] She lost to Sandra Cuevas of the PRD.[8]

In the 2024 general election, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent Mexico City's fourth district for the 2024–2027 congressional session.[9][1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Perfil: Dip. María de los Dolores Padierna Luna, LXVI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  2. ^ Becerril, Andrea (3 September 2017). "Padierna y Bejarano dejan el PRD para apoyar a AMLO". La Jornada. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Dip. Dolores Padierna Luna". SITL: Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Perfil: Sen. María de los Dolores Padierna Luna, LXII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  5. ^ González Vargas, Manuel (March 3, 2021). "Morena rechazó impugnación y confirmó a Dolores Padierna como candidata a Cuauhtémoc en CDMX". infobae (in Spanish). Infobae. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  6. ^ "Urgen frenar candidatura de Bejarano". mural.com.mx (in Spanish). Mural. February 1, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  7. ^ ""El bejaranavirus no va a pasar en la ciudad": Alejandro Rojas arremetió contra Dolores Padierna y su esposo" (in Spanish). Infobae. February 7, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  8. ^ García, Mariana (12 February 2024). "Este fue el partido que llevó a Sandra Cuevas a la alcaldía Cuauhtémoc". Infobae. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Ciudad de México Distrito 4. Iztapalapa". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 29 June 2024.