Julieta Vences Valencia

Julieta Vences Valencia (born 24 October 1986) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).^[1] From 2018 to 2021 she was a federal deputy in the Congress of the Union, representing Puebla's 8th district and, from 2021 to 2024, she sat in Congress as a plurinominal deputy.^[2]

Julieta Vences Valencia

Early years

Vences Valencia was born in Mexico City on 24 October 1986. She obtained a law degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and a master's degree in constitutional law and amparo.^[3] She is married to Carlos Alberto Evangelista, coordinator of Morena in the State of Puebla since 2020.^[4]

Political career

In 2015 she was state advisor of the National Regeneration Movement party and regional leader of the Central de Organizaciones Campesinas y Populares del Estado de Puebla.^[3]

In the 2018 elections, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Puebla's 8th district (Chalchicomula de Sesma).^[2] She assumed office on 1 September 2018, in the 64th session of the Congress of the Union. Within Congress, she was the president of the immigration affairs commission.^[2] In the 2021 elections, she was elected as a plurinominal deputy for the 55th session of Congress.^[5]