Alejandra Barrales
| Maria Alejandra Barrales | |
|---|---|
| Born |
17 July 1967 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation | Political party president |
| Political party | Party of the Democratic Revolution |
Maria Alejandra Barrales Magdaleno (born 17 July 1967) is a Mexican politician and the current president of the Party of the Democratic Revolution. She formerly represented the Federal District in the Senate (LXII and LXIII Legislatures) and also served as a federal deputy and in the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District.
Alejandra Barrales was born 17 July 1967 in Distrito Federal, Mexico City. She studied to be an executive assistant at the CONALEP from 1982 to 1985, she graduated as a lawyer from Universidad Mexicana and has a Masters in Public Administration from Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública.
Her early career took place in the aviation industry. She was a head flight attendant for Aeroméxico between 1998 and 2000 and served in the sector's labor union, the Asociación Sindical de Sobrecargos de Aviación (ASSA). She was its press secretary from 1989 to 1991 and its secretary general from 1995 to 2001. She led Aeroméxico's flight attendants on strike in 1998 and again in 2001. She also helped to found the National Workers' Union in 1997 and was the secretary general of the Federation of Unions of Businesses of Goods and Services (FESEBS) from 1997 to 2000.
After 2001, Barrales shifted gears and moved into politics. The PRD placed her on their party list of proportional representation federal deputies for the LVIII Legislature, which met between 2000 and 2003 and where she served as a secretary on the Labor and Social Welfare Commission. Barrales fully joined the PRD in 2002, the same year she briefly served as a social welfare coordinator in the government of Michoacán.
In 2003, voters sent Barrales to the III Legislature of the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District (ALDF). She was the PRD faction's spokeswoman in the legislature and sat on five commissions including Government, Public Security, Political-Electoral Matters, Sports, and Administration Committee.
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