Rosario Piedra Ibarra
President of the National Human Rights Commission
Assumed office
16 November 2019
Nominated byAndrés Manuel López Obrador
Appointed bySenate of Mexico
Preceded byLuis Raúl González Pérez
Personal details
Born
María del Rosario Piedra Ibarra

(1951-07-14) July 14, 1951
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico[1]
CitizenshipMexican
Political partyMorena (since 2015)
SpouseGermán Segovia Escobedo
Parents
Alma materAutonomous University of Nuevo León
Occupation
  • Teacher
  • political activist
  • bureaucrat

María del Rosario Piedra Ibarra (born 14 July 1951[1]) is a Mexican psychologist, activist, and bureaucrat. Since 16 November 2019, she is the president of Mexico's National Human Rights Commission.[2]

Personal life

Rosario Ibarra Piedra's parents were Jesús Piedra Rosales and Rosario Ibarra, a well known long-time human rights activist, deputy, and senator. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León in 1985. Since 2004, she also holds a master's degree in psychopedagogy from the Educational Sciences School (Escuela de Ciencias de la Educación, in Spanish).[1]

Political career

In 2018, she was the candidate of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) to deputy of the X federal district in Nuevo León, but failed to get elected. Piedra Ibarra also served as the Secretary of Human Rights within Morena's national executive committee.

On November 16, 2019, she was sworn in as the president of the National Human Rights Commission.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Comisiones del Senado de la República (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Antecendentes | Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos - México". www.cndh.org.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2022.


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