Libia García Muñoz Ledo
{{short description|Mexican politician (born 1983)}}
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| name = Libia García Muñoz Ledo
| office = Governor of Guanajuato
| term_start = 26 September 2024
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| birth_name = Libia García Muñoz Ledo
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|06|15}}
| birth_place = León, Guanajuato, Mexico
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| party = National Action Party
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| profession = Lawyer
| alma_mater = Universidad La Salle
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Libia Dennise García Muñoz Ledo (born June 15, 1983) is a Mexican lawyer, writer and politician. On 10 April 2023, she was selected as Secretary of Social and Human Development for the State of Guanajuato.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-08 |title=¿Quién es Libia García Muñoz Ledo? |url=https://www.unionguanajuato.mx/2021/03/08/quien-es-libia-dennise-garcia-munoz-ledo/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Unión Guanajuato |language=es-MX}} She is currently serving as the Governor of Guanajuato after winning the 2024 elections, becoming the first woman to govern the state.
She was Secretary of Government of the State of Guanajuato during the years 2021 - 2023. Likewise, she was a Local Deputy of Guanajuato on two occasions, from 2015 to 2018 and from 2018 to 2021. She is a member of the National Action Party.{{Cite web |title=Libia Dennise García Muñoz Ledo - Congreso del Estado de Guanajuato |url=https://www.congresogto.gob.mx/diputados/libia-dennise-garcia-munoz-ledo |access-date=2023-12-21}}
Biography
She has a law degree from Universidad De La Salle Bajío. She has a master's degree in Constitutional and administrative law. In private practice, she has worked as a litigation attorney in civil and commercial matters.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-14 |title=Libia Dennise, en la era de la participación política de las mujeres |url=https://mujeres.expansion.mx/actualidad/2023/07/13/libia-dennise-en-la-era-de-la-participacion-politica-de-las-mujeres |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Mujeres |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Ríos |first=Sandra Berenice Medina |date=2023-04-20 |title=Libia Dennise García Muñoz tiene liderazgo y visión |url=https://www.chicmagazine.com.mx/personajes/libia-dennise-garcia-munoz-liderazgo-vision |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=CHICMagazine |language=es}}
She was part of the National Training Program for Democratic Leaders and Political Management, by the Organization of American States (OAS) in conjunction with the University of Guanajuato; the Seminar "Effective Legislation and Strategic Political Communication", by The Washington Center; and the Seminar in Public Management, by the Universidad Camilo José Cela de Madrid, Spain.{{Cite web |last=Contreras |first=Jessica |date=2023-05-05 |title=Libia Denisse García Muñoz Ledo: Mejorar la condición de vida de las y los guanajuatenses |url=https://www.liderempresarial.com/libia-denisse-garcia-munoz-ledo-transformar-la-condicion-de-vida-de-los-guanajuatenses/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Líder Empresarial |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=2021-03-09 |title=Libia Dennise García Muñoz Ledo nueva Secretaria de Gobierno de Guanajuato |url=http://periodicotiempouriangato.com/libia-dennise-garcia-munoz-ledo-nueva-secretaria-de-gobierno-de-guanajuato/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Periódico Tiempo Uriangato |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=2023-05-05 |title=Libia Denisse García Muñoz Ledo: Mejorar la condición de vida de las y los guanajuatenses - Dilas |url=https://dilas.com.mx/libia-denisse-garcia-munoz-ledo-mejorar-la-condicion-de-vida-de-las-y-los-guanajuatenses/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Dilas Canal de Noticias Correo |language=en-US}}
Her work experience includes being an advisor to the Parliamentary Group of the National Action Party in the LXII Legislature of the Congress of Guanajuato from 2012 - 2015, as well as Legal Advisor in the Directorate of Governmental Liaison of the Undersecretary of Liaison and Political Coordination of the State Government.{{Cite web |title=Libia Dennise García Muñoz Ledo: Quién es y cuál es su trayectoria en Guanajuato |date=April 26, 2023 |url=https://datanoticias.com/2023/04/26/libia-dennise-garcia-munoz-ledo/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |language=es-MX}}{{Cite web |date=2021-03-08 |title=¿QUIÉN ES LIBIA DENNISE GARCÍA MUÑOZ LEDO? - |url=https://influencergto.com/quien-es-libia-dennise-garcia-munoz-ledo/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |language=es}}
Political career
She began her activism in the National Action Party (PAN) in 2004. During her youth, she was part of Acción Juvenil.{{Cite web |last=Elections |first=C&E Campaigns & |date=2023-03-08 |title=Libia Denisse García. Secretaria de Gobierno del Estado de Guanajuato |url=https://www.ceonline.com.mx/post/libia-denisse-garcia |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=ceonline |language=es}}
Within the State Directive Committee and the Municipal Directive Committee of León, Guanajuato, she has held the positions of state advisor, secretary of Internal Strengthening of the State Directive Committee of the National Action Party in León, PAN representative before the electoral bodies and trainer endorsed by the National System of Trainers of the National Action Party (SCAN).
She was a local deputy in the Congress of Guanajuato for the 5th Electoral District on two consecutive occasions, during the LXIII and LXIV Legislatures, being the first woman re-elected in Guanajuato.{{Cite web |last=Rizo |first=Heliot |date=2023-07-18 |title=Guanajuato requiere la visión de las mujeres: Libia García |url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/elecciones/guanajuato-requiere-vision-mujeres-libia-garcia |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Grupo Milenio |language=es-MX}} As a local deputy of Guanajuato, she promoted the proposal for the creation of the State Program for the Protection of Breastfeeding and the approval of the Olimpia Law.{{Cite web |title=Propone diputada fomentar lactancia |url=https://www.am.com.mx/news/2017/3/31/propone-diputada-fomentar-lactancia-284409.html |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=www.am.com.mx |date=March 31, 2017 |language=es}}
In 2021, she was appointed by Governor Diego Sinhué Rodríguez Vallejo as head of the Secretary of Government, being the first woman in the history of the state of Guanajuato to hold that position.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-19 |title=Libia Dennise García Muñoz Ledo asume el cargo como Secretaria de Gobierno |url=https://boletines.guanajuato.gob.mx/2021/03/19/libia-dennise-garcia-munoz-ledo-asume-el-cargo-como-secretaria-de-gobierno/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Boletines Dependencias |language=es-MX}}{{Cite web |date=2021-03-12 |title=ES LA PRIMERA MUJER EN ASUMIR EL CARGO DE LA SECRETARÍA DE GOBIERNO |url=https://www.heraldoleon.mx/es-la-primera-mujer-en-asumir-el-cargo-de-la-secretaria-de-gobierno/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=El Heraldo de León |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=2021-03-08 |title=Libia García es la primera mujer en asumir la Secretaría de Gobierno de Guanajuato |url=https://www.sdpnoticias.com/estados/libia-garcia-primera-mujer-secretaria-de-gobierno-guanajuato.html |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=sdpnoticias |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Martínez |first=Daniel |date=2021-03-09 |title=Libia Dennise es la primera secretaria de Gobierno en Guanajuato |url=https://paginacentral.com.mx/libia-dennise-es-la-primera-secretaria-de-gobierno-en-guanajuato/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Página Central |language=es}}
Since 10 April 2023, she has served as Secretary of Social and Human Development of the State of Guanajuato.{{Cite web |title=Libia Dennise García Muñoz Ledo |url=https://boletines.guanajuato.gob.mx/tag/libia-dennise-garcia-munoz-ledo/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Boletines Dependencias |language=es-MX}}{{Cite web |date=2023-08-08 |title=EXPONE LIBIA DENNISE ACCIONES DE SEDESHU A REPRESENTANTES DE COPARMEX ZONA METROPOLITANA DE LEÓN |url=https://boletines.guanajuato.gob.mx/2023/08/07/expone-libia-dennise-acciones-de-sedeshu-a-representantes-de-coparmex-zona-metropolitana-de-leon/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Boletines Dependencias |language=es-MX}}{{Cite web |last=Molina |first=Emiliano |date=2023-08-08 |title=Inclusión digital prioridad en Guanajuato: Libia García Muñoz Ledo |url=https://capital-cdmx.org/inclusion-digital-prioridad-para-guanajuato-libia-garcia-munoz-ledo/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Capital CDMX |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=Guanajuato: Organizan diputados del PAN a Libia Dennise García gira por distritos electorales |url=https://www.am.com.mx/guanajuato/2023/6/18/guanajuato-organizan-diputados-del-pan-libia-dennise-garcia-gira-por-distritos-electorales-664929.html |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=am.com.mx |date=June 18, 2023 |language=es}}
On 16 August 2023, the national leadership of the PAN installed a political roundtable to define the (female) candidate for Governor of Guanajuato for the 2024 elections. Libia Dennise was officially recognized by the PAN as one of the two candidates for the Governorship of the State.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-09 |title=Libia García como secretaria de Gobierno es un avance en lucha por la igualdad: diputada |url=https://periodicocorreo.com.mx/libia-garcia-como-secretaria-de-gobierno-es-un-avance-en-lucha-por-la-igualdad-diputada/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Periódico Correo |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=2023-07-18 |title=Libia García Muñoz se destapa como aspirante gubernatura de Guanajuato |url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/libia-garcia-munoz-destapa-aspirante-gubernatura-guanajuato |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Milenio |language=es-MX}}{{Cite web |date=2023-08-11 |title=Primer mesa política ya tiene fecha y logística |url=https://www.heraldoleon.mx/primer-mesa-politica-ya-tiene-fecha-y-logistica/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=El Heraldo de León |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=2023-08-22 |title=Rumbo a la gubernatura de Guanajuato: Libia Dennise exige política de altura en mesa de análisis |url=https://www.radioformula.com.mx/bajio/2023/8/22/rumbo-la-gubernatura-de-guanajuato-libia-dennise-exige-politica-de-altura-en-mesa-de-analisis-777130.html |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Radio Fórmula |language=es}} She fought the gubernatorial election held on 2 June 2024.{{cite news |last1=García |first1=Mariana |title=Quién es Libia García Muñoz Ledo, la candidata del PAN a la gubernatura de Guanajuato |url=https://www.infobae.com/mexico/2023/11/13/quien-es-libia-garcia-munoz-ledo-la-candidata-del-pan-a-la-gubernatura-de-guanajuato/ |access-date=2 June 2024 |agency=Infobae |date=12 November 2023}}
References
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Category:People from León, Guanajuato
Category:Politicians from Guanajuato
Category:National Action Party (Mexico) politicians
Category:21st-century Mexican politicians