Rosario Robles

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Rosario Robles
Secretary of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development of Mexico
In office
27 August 2015 – 30 November 2018
PresidentEnrique Peña Nieto
Preceded byJesús Murillo Karam
Succeeded byRomán Meyer Falcón
Secretary of Social Development of Mexico
In office
1 December 2012 – 27 August 2015
PresidentEnrique Peña Nieto
Preceded byHeriberto Félix Guerra
Succeeded byJosé Antonio Meade
Head of Government of the Federal District
In office
29 September, 1999 – 4 December, 2000
Preceded byCuauhtémoc Cárdenas
Succeeded byAndrés Manuel López Obrador
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for the 2nd Circumscription
In office
1 November, 1994 – 31 August 1997
Personal details
Born1956 (age 67–68)
Mexico City, Mexico
Political partyDemocratic Revolution Party
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico
OccupationEconomist, politician

María del Rosario Robles Berlanga (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈsaɾjo ˈroβles]; born 1956) is a Mexican politician and criminal. She was the Secretary of Social Development in the cabinet of Enrique Peña Nieto.[1] She also was substitute Head of Government of the Federal District ("Mayor of Mexico City"). She was the first female Mayor of Mexico City.[2]

Robles was arrested on August 8, 2019 and charged with stealing MXN$4,6 billion (US$250,000,000). She faces seven years in prison.[3]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Rosario Robles, la experredista que va a la Sedesol con Peña - 2012 - ADNPolítico.com". Archived from the original on 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
  2. Mexico City Journal; Tough, Cheerful Mayor Wins Hearts
  3. "Imputada en México una exministra del Gobierno de Peña Nieto" [A former minister in the government of Peña Nieto is charged]. El Pais (in Spanish). Madrid. August 9, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2019.