Laura Itzel Castillo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Itzel Castillo in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President of the Senate of the Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 1 September 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Gerardo Fernández Noroña | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of theSenate of the Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 1 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Proportional representation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of theChamber of Deputies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 September 2009 – 31 August 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Fourth electoral region | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 September 1997 – 25 September 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Fourth electoral region | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Laura Itzel Castillo Juárez (1957-11-16)16 November 1957 (age 68) Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Morena | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Labor Party Party of the Democratic Revolution Mexican Workers' Party | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Architect and politician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laura Itzel Castillo Juárez[a] (born 16 November 1957) is a Mexican architect and politician. She has served in both chambers of theCongress of the Union and in the forerunner of theCongress of Mexico City.
Laura Itzel Castillo was born inMexico City into a political family: her father was the renowned leftist leader and engineerHeberto Castillo and her brother,Heberto Castillo Juárez [es], was the borough president ofCoyoacán, Mexico City, from 2006 to 2009.[1]She earned a degree in architecture from theNational Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1981.[2]
Her political life began with theMexican Workers' Party (PMT), founded by her father in 1974. The PMT, along with other left-wing parties, was later subsumed into theParty of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), created in 1989.[1]
Castillo was elected to the first session of theAssembly of Representatives of the Federal District, the forerunner of the Congress of Mexico City, in 1991.[1] In the1997 mid-terms, she was elected to aplurinominal seat in theChamber of Deputies for the duration of the57th session of Congress (1997–2000), representing the PRD.[3]She left her seat in Congress when she was appointed borough chief of Coyoacán in 1999–2000.[1]
In 2000, she was appointed Secretary of Urban Development and Housing of the Federal District by the head of government,Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and remained in that position until 2005, when she resigned to join López Obrador's unsuccessful campaign for the presidency in the2006 general election. When López Obrador formed the so-called legitimate government in 2006, he appointed her to the position of secretary of human settlements and housing.[2] She left that position in 2009 to contend for her second term in the Chamber of Deputies: in the2009 mid-terms she was elected to a plurinominal seat in the61st congressional session (2009–2012) for theLabor Party (PT).[4]
In the2024 general election, she was elected to theSenate from the national list of theNational Regeneration Movement (Morena).[2]In August 2025 she was elected to serve aspresident of the Senate during the second year of the66th Congress (2025–2026), replacingGerardo Fernández Noroña.[5][6]
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