Demetrio Sodi

Demetrio Javier Sodi de la Tijera (born September 25, 1944 in Mexico City) is a Mexican politician who has served in the upper and lower house of Congress. In 2006 he unsuccessfully ran as the National Action Party (PAN), candidate for the Head of Government of the Federal District. He is the uncle of the popular actress and singer Thalía.

Demetrio Sodi has been a member of the three main political parties in Mexico. From 1962 to 1975 he worked for Grupo Cifra. In 1977 he began to work in the public service. In 1988 he was elected an Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) deputy to serve during the LIV Legislature. In April 1994 he quit the PRI and in October 1997 he joined the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). He served in the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District and in 1997 he was elected to serve in the federal Chamber of Deputies; then, in 2000 he was elected to the Senate and served during the LVIII Legislature and the LIX Legislature. He is a good example of a "Changer"; according with the political winds, he changes of ideology.