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.
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]
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^ abcd"Semblanza presentación"(PDF) (in Spanish). National Autonomous University of Mexico. Retrieved 9 October 2020.