Dulce María Sauri Riancho, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Mexican politician; governor of Yucatán
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Place of Birth: Merida, Yucatán, Mexico
About Dulce María Sauri Riancho
- Dulce María Sauri Riancho (born 1951 in Mérida, Yucatán) is a Mexican politician who was the first woman to serve as governor of Yucatán, from 1991 through 1994.
- During her tenure as governor, reforms which restructured the Henequen industry in Yucatán were implemented.
- The toll road between Mérida and Cancún was also built and became operational during her administration.Dulce María Sauri studied sociology at the Universidad Iberoamericana.
- Between 1977 and 1982, she worked in the Federal Public Administration in various capacities: Social Programming Technical Assistance Plan (1975-1977); State of Coahuila, Ministry of Programming and Budget (1977-1979); Outreach Program Coordinator for Integrated Rural Development Programme (PIDER) (1979-1982) and head of Ministry of Planning and Budget Evaluation Unit for Yucatán (1979-1982).She has been an active member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 1981.
- She has served as deputy in the Congress of Yucatán and as federal deputy in the lower house of the Mexican Congress (Yucatán's Fourth District, 1982–85).
- Between 1988 and 1991, she served as federal Senator representing Yucatán.
- After her tenure as governor of Yucatán (1991-1994), she returned to the lower house of the federal government between 1994 and 1996.
- She served as the coordinator of the National Programme for Women between 1995-2000 and simultaneously served on the National Commission for Women between 1996 and 1999.
- She served as the president of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) of the Organization of American States from (1998-2000)Sauri became national president of the PRI in 1999 and though lost the presidency in the 2000 election, refused to step down, remaining as party president until 2002.
- Sauri served in the upper house of the federal Congress from 2000 to 2006.
- During her tenure in the Senate, she served as Chair of the Asia Pacific Foreign Relations Committee.
- She was also a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, the North American Foreign Relations Committee, and the Finance and Public Credit Committee.
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