Esthela Damián Peralta
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| Legal Counsel of the Federal Executive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 17 December 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Claudia Sheinbaum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ernestina Godoy Ramos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Director of the National System for Integral Family Development for Mexico City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 5 December 2018 – 4 October 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head of Government | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Gustavo Martínez Pacheco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Beatriz Rojas Martínez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Esthela Damián Peralta 8 August 1972 Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | National Regeneration Movement (since 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Citizens' Movement (2015–2017) Party of the Democratic Revolution (until 2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Autonomous University of Guerrero (LLB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esthela Damián Peralta[a] (born 8 August 1972) is a Mexican politician. Currently affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), since 17 December 2025 she is the Legal Counsel of the Federal Executive in the cabinet of President Claudia Sheinbaum.
Political career
Esthela Damián Peralta was born in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, on 8 August 1972. She holds a law degree from the Autonomous University of Guerrero.[1]
Her political career began when she joined the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) in 1997. From 2006 to 2009 she sat in the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District and, in the 2009 mid-term election, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent the Federal District's 9th congressional district for the PRD during the 61st Congress.[2]
Damián broke with the PRD after it formed an electoral alliance with the National Action Party (PAN) in 2015 and joined the Citizens' Movement (MC).[1] Representing the MC, she contended unsuccessfully for the position of mayor of the Mexico City borough of Venustiano Carranza in 2015, and later she was the only MC representative elected to sit on the Constituent Assembly of Mexico City, which convened on 15 September 2016.[3]
In 2017 she joined the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) and was Claudia Sheinbaum's campaign coordinator in her successful bid for election as head of government of Mexico City in 2018. During Sheinbaum's term as head of government, Damián was her private secretary and led the Mexico City branch of the National System for Integral Family Development (DIF).[4][1]
On 17 December 2025, President Sheinbaum appointed Damián to serve as the Legal Counsel of the Federal Executive, replacing Ernestina Godoy.[4][1]
References
- ^ In this Hispanic American name, the first or paternal surname is Damián and the second or maternal family name is Peralta.
- ^ a b c d Morales, Víctor (10 July 2024). "¿Quién es Esthela Damián, la mujer de izquierda más cercana a Claudia Sheinbaum?". La Política Online.
- ^ "Perfil: Dip. Esthela Damián Peralta, LXI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ Notimex (22 August 2016). "Asignará INE 60 diputaciones a la Asamblea Constituyente". La Crónica de Hoy. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Perfil: ¿Quién es Esthela Damián, nueva consejera jurídica de Claudia Sheinbaum?". El Financiero. 17 December 2025.
External links
- "CV: Esthela Damián Peralta" (PDF). Gobierno de México.