Ignacio Mier Velazco
Ignacio Mier Velazco | |
|---|---|
Mier Velazco in 2019 | |
| Senator for Puebla | |
| Assumed office 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 January 1961 Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico |
| Party | Morena |
| Other political affiliations | PRI |
Moisés Ignacio Mier Velazco[a] (born 4 January 1961) is a Mexican politician who has been affiliated with both the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the National Regeneration Movement (Morena). He currently serves as a Senator of the Republic for Puebla[1] and is a member of the Senate's Political Coordination Board (JUCOPA).[2]
Political career
Ignacio Mier Velazco was born on 4 January 1961 in Tecamachalco, Puebla. He holds a bacherlor's degree in business administration.[3]
In the 1997 mid-terms he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent Puebla's 8th district for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).[4] In the 2018 general election he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a plurinominal deputy for the fourth region, representing the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).[3] During his term, he led the Morena bloc in the Chamber of Deputies.[5]
Mier Velazco won election as one of Puebla's senators in the 2024 Senate election, occupying the first place on the Sigamos Haciendo Historia coalition's two-name formula.[6][7][8] In the Senate, he is a member of the Foreign Relations and Constitutional Points Committees.[1] In February 2026, he replaced Adán Augusto López as Morena's parliamentary coordinator in the upper house.[9]
References
- ^ In this Hispanic American name, the first or paternal surname is Mier and the second or maternal family name is Velazco.
- ^ a b "Sen. Ignacio Mier Velazco". Senado de la República (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "Integrantes de la Junta de Coordinación Política". Senado de la República (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Perfil: Dip. Moisés Ignacio Mier Velazco, LXIV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Legislatura 57" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- ^ "Curricula LXIV". sitl.diputados.gob.mx. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ "Elecciones 2024: Candidatas y candidatos". INE. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Senadurías: Puebla". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Perfil: Sen. Moisés Ignacio Mier Velazco, LXVI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ^ "Adán Augusto deja coordinación de senadores de Morena; asume el cargo Ignacio Mier". Animal Politico (in Spanish). 1 February 2026. Retrieved 1 February 2026.