Luisa María de Guadalupe Calderón Hinojosa (born October 23, 1956 in Mexico City

Mexico City

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) is a Mexican

Mexico

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 politician affiliated to the National Action Party

National Action Party (Mexico)

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 who until September 2006 served in the upper house

Senate of Mexico

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 of Congress

Congress of Mexico

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Personal Life

Luisa María belongs to a family of prominent mexican politicians

Calderón Hinojosa family

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She is the sister of President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa

Felipe Calderón

Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa is the current President of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006, and was elected for a single six-year term through 2012...

 and Juan Luis Calderón Hinojosa.

She studied psychology

Psychology

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 at the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Occidente

Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education

The Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education , whose tagline is Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara, is a Jesuit university in the Western Mexican state of Jalisco, located in the municipality of Tlaquepaque – part of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area.The university has...

 (ITESO) in Tlaquepaque

Tlaquepaque

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, Jalisco

Jalisco

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, and has pursued graduate studies at the Universidad Iberoamericana

Universidad Iberoamericana

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Luisa María is a single mother.

Political Career

Calderón joined the National Action Party in 1976. She served as a local deputy in the Congress of Michoacán

Congress of Michoacán

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 from 1983 to 1986 and served in the federal Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of Mexico

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 during the LIV Legislature. In 2000 she was elected via proportional representation

Proportional representation

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 to serve as a Senator during the LVIII Legislature

LVIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress

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 and the LIX Legislature

LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress

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2011 Michoacan guvernatorial race

In 2011 Luisa María unsuccessfully ran for governor of the State of Michoacan. She was the candidate of the PAN-PANAL

New Alliance Party (Mexico)

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 coalition.

Luisa María lost against Fausto Vallejo Y Figueroa by less that 3 percent of the votes.