Ana Teresa Aranda

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Ana Teresa Aranda Orozco (b. January 26, 1954 in León, Guanajuato) is a Mexican politician affiliated to the National Action Party who served as Director of the DIF (Spanish acronym for Sistema Nacional para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia). In January 2006 President Vicente Fox designated her Secretary of Social Development.

[edit] Political career

Aranda has been an active member of the National Action Party in the state of Puebla, from 1995 to 1998 she served as the president of the PAN in that state. In 1998 she unsuccessfully ran for the governorship of Puebla and in the 2000 elections she unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Senate.

Preceded by Josefina Vázquez Mota

Secretary of Social Development January 2005–November 2006

Succeeded by Beatriz Zavala Peniche