Josefina Vázquez Mota
| Josefina Vázquez Mota | |
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| President of the Political Coordination Board of the Chamber of Deputies | |
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In office September 5, 2010 – August 31, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Francisco Rojas Gutiérrez |
| Succeeded by | Armando Ríos Piter |
| Coordinator of the Parliamentary Group of the National Action Party | |
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In office September 1, 2009 – September 6, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Héctor Larios Córdova |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña |
| Secretary of Public Education | |
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In office December 1, 2006 – April 4, 2009 |
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| President | Felipe Calderón |
| Preceded by | Reyes Tamez Guerra |
| Succeeded by | Alonso Lujambio |
| Secretary of Social Development | |
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In office December 1, 2000 – January 6, 2006 |
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| President | Vicente Fox |
| Preceded by | Carlos Jarque |
| Succeeded by | Ana Teresa Aranda |
| Personal details | |
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Josefina Eugenia Vázquez Mota January 20, 1961 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Political party | National Action Party |
| Spouse(s) | Sergio Ocampo Muñoz |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
Iberoamerican University Panamerican University Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology |
| Website | Official website |
Josefina Eugenia Vázquez Mota (
pronunciation [xo̞.se̞'fi.na'βas.ke̞s'mo̞.ta]) (born January 20, 1961 in Mexico City) is a Mexican businesswoman and politician who was the presidential candidate of the National Action Party (PAN) for the 2012 elections. Vázquez Mota was trained as an economist and began her working career in family businesses and with various business organizations and conferences, also working as a journalist and writing books. She began her political career with the PAN organization, becoming involved in Mexico’s federal Chamber of Deputies of Mexico and then in the administrations of Vicente Fox and Felipe Calderón. She was PAN's first female candidate for president.
Vázquez Mota was born in Mexico City on January 20, 1961. Her parents, Arnulfo Vázquez and Josefina Mota are from the Sierra Norte de Puebla region of Mexico, and she has seven brothers and sisters. She says she is closest to her sister Lupita. When they were children they use to sell chocolate shakes on the street with a blender Josefina received for Day of the Magi.
Vázquez Mota spent the first five years of her childhood in a working-class neighborhood called Colonia 20 de Noviembre in Mexico City and began her education in public school, starting at “La Patria es Primero” school in the Azcapotzalco borough. Her father originally wanted her to attend an all-girls high school, even paying a full year’s tuition in advance. While she did begin high school there, Josefina convinced her parents to let her take the entrance exam and enter CECyT 9 vocational school, affiliated with the Instituto Politécnico Nacional . Josefina was studious in school with an affinity for mathematics. She studied at the private Universidad Iberoamericana, graduating with a degree in economics. Other university studies include courses in management at the Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresas as well as a program called Ideas e Instituciones at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México .
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