Diana Rosalía Bernal Ladrón de Guevara is a Mexican

Mexico

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 jurist

Jurist

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 and politician

Politician

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 who has served in the lower house

Chamber of Deputies of Mexico

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 of the Mexican Congress

Congress of Mexico

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.

Bernal studied law

Law

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 at the Ibero-American University

Universidad Iberoamericana

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 (Universidad Iberoamericana). In the early 1980s she joined the Tribunal Fiscal de la Federación; She has served in various position within the Mexican judicial branch of government including judge

Judge

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 and magistrate

Magistrate

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. In 1998 she was designated by Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas

Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas

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 borough mayor

Boroughs of the Mexican Federal District

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 of Iztacalco

Iztacalco

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 not Tláhuac

Tláhuac

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. In 2003 she won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of Mexico

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 to serve during the LIX Legislature

LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress

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 representing the Party of the Democratic Revolution

Party of the Democratic Revolution

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(PRD); she left that position on March, 2006 after being appointed Magistrate of Federal Court (Tribunal Federal de Justicia Fiscal y Administrativa)

Nowadays, she coordinates a specialized group of experts (top level public servants, Congressmen, among others) on administrative and fiscal areas which main commitment is to enrich the Mexican tax system. This group, whose name is Análisis Tributario Legislativo ATRIL (Tax - Legislative Analysis), is a kind of think tank especially focused on Taxation and Tax Administration reforms, as well as specific issues like taxpayers’ rights.