Mónica Fernández Balboa

{{Short description|Mexican architect and politician}}

{{Expand Spanish|topic=bio|date=March 2021}}{{family name hatnote|Fernández|Balboa|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Mónica Fernández Balboa

| image = Foto Perfil Mónica Fernández Balboa.jpg

| image_size = 220px

| office = President of the Senate

| term_start = 1 September 2019

| term_end = 31 August 2020

| predecessor = Martí Batres Guadarrama

| successor = Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar

| office2 = Senator for Tabasco

| term_start2 = 1 September 2018

| term_end2 =

| predecessor2 = Carlos Manuel Merino Campos

| successor2 =

| alongside2 = Javier May Rodríguez and Juan Manuel Fócil Pérez

| office3 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Tabasco's 6th district

| term_start3 = 1 September 2006

| term_end3 = 31 August 2009

| predecessor3 = Amalin Yabur Elías

| successor3 = José Córdova Hernández

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1966|7|4}}

| birth_place = Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico

| spouse = Carlos Rojas Gutiérrez{{cite news |title=Carlos Rojas Gutiérrez, extitular de Sedesol, falleció a los 69 años |url=https://www.elheraldodetabasco.com.mx/local/quien-era-carlos-rojas-gutierrez-11300989.html |access-date=17 January 2024 |work=El Heraldo de Tabasco |date=17 January 2024}}

| death_date =

| death_place =

| education = Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara

| party = MORENA

| otherparty = PRD (until 2014)

}}

Mónica Fernández Balboa (born 4 July 1966) is a Mexican architect and politician from the National Regeneration Movement, serving as a Senator in the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress from Tabasco. From 1 September 2019 to 31 August 2020, she served as President of the Senate, to which she was elected with 110 votes in favor, one against, and two abstentions.{{citation|website=El Segundero.com|date=31 August 2019|accessdate=31 August 2019 |title=Mónica Fernández será la nueva presidenta de Mesa Directiva del Senado |url=https://www.elsegundero.com/2019/08/monica-fernandez-sera-la-nueva.html|language=es|trans-title=Mónica Fernández will be the new president of the Senate Board of Directors}}

As a member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution, from 2006 to 2009, she served as a federal deputy in the LX Legislature.{{cite web|title=Perfil del legislador|url=http://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=2300752|publisher=Legislative Information System|accessdate=18 October 2014}}