Blanca Alcalá

Blanca Alcalá Ruiz is a Mexican politician. From 2008 to 2011, she served as the mayor of Puebla, the capital city of the State of Puebla in Mexico.

Education

She earned an International Relations degree from the Universidad de las Américas in Puebla, Mexico. And a Masters degree on Public Management from the Instituto de Administración Pública del Estado de Veracruz, in Veracruz , Mexico. [1]

Political career

Alcalá is a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who has occupied several positions in her party including president of the PRI of the City of Puebla. In 2007 she successfully ran for mayor of Puebla as the PRI-PVEM coalition candidate. She was the first female municipal president of Puebla.

Preceded by
Enrique Doger Guerrero
Mayor of Puebla
2008-2011
Succeeded by
Eduardo Rivera Pérez