María Marván Laborde

María Marván Laborde
NationalityMexican
Alma mater
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions

María Marván Laborde is a Mexican sociologist and political scientist. Her research focuses on elections in Mexico, governmental transparency, and privacy policy. In 2011 she was elected to the Federal Electoral Institute of Mexico (es), a body that she became the president of. She has also been the president of the Governing Council of Transparencia Mexicana, a civil society organization for transparency in Mexican politics.

Career

Laborde attended the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where she obtained both a bachelor's and a master's degree.[1] She then studied at The New School for Social Research in New York, graduating with a master's degree and a PhD in sociology.[1]

Laborde has been a professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the University of Guadalajara, the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (es), and the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.[1]

From 2002 to 2011, Laborde was Commissioner of the Federal Institute for Access to Public Information (es).[2] In 2011, she was elected to serve on the Federal Electoral Institute of Mexico, with a term ending in 2019.[3] She was the first, and by 2020 the only, woman to be the president of that body.[4] In that role, and in her capacity as a researcher of governance and elections, she has been a public advocate for transparency in Mexican government.[5] Laborde regularly speaks publicly on questions regarding Mexico's democratic institutions.[6]

Laborde was also involved in the creation of the Open Government Partnership, and has worked with the Organization of American States.[1] She has also served as President of the Governing Council of Transparencia Mexicana, an NGO that advocates for transparency in the governance of Mexico.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Semblanza presentación" (PDF) (in Spanish). National Autonomous University of Mexico. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Perfil Biográfico de Dra. María Marván Laborde" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  3. ^ Cortes, Nayeli (15 December 2011). "Consejeros de IFE rinden protesta e inician trabajos". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  4. ^ Zainos, Daniel (9 September 2020). "Tenemos la obligación de ser exigentes con los políticos: María Marván Laborde". Milenios (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  5. ^ Mireles, Alicia (16 July 2020). ""Negar el pluralismo en el país es una amenaza a la democracia": María Marván, una de las académicas que firmó la carta en contra de López Obrador". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  6. ^ L. Hernández; R. Torres Y H. Molina (15 January 2017). "Piden austeridad sin reducir el Congreso". El Economista (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Consejo Rector" (in Spanish). Transparencia Mexicana. 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.