Libia García Muñoz Ledo

Libia Dennise García Muñoz Ledo (born 15 June 1983) is a Mexican lawyer, writer and politician. Currently serving as the governor of Guanajuato after winning the 2024 election, she is the first woman to govern the state. She is a member of the National Action Party (PAN).

On 10 April 2023, she was appointed secretary of social and human development for the state of Guanajuato. She was secretary of government of the state of Guanajuato during the years 2021 to 2023. She has also served two terms as a local deputy in the Congress of Guanajuato, from 2015 to 2018 and from 2018 to 2021.

Biography Libia Dennise García Muñoz Ledo was born in León, Guanajuato, in 1983. She has a law degree from Universidad De La Salle Bajío

She was part of the National Training Program for Democratic Leaders and Political Management, by the Organization of American States (OAS) in conjunction with the University of Guanajuato; the Seminar "Effective Legislation and Strategic Political Communication", by The Washington Center; and the Seminar in Public Management, by the Universidad Camilo José Cela de Madrid, Spain.

Political career

She began her activism in the National Action Party (PAN) in 2004. During her youth, she was part of Acción Juvenil. As a local deputy, she promoted the proposal for the creation of the State Program for the Protection of Breastfeeding and the approval of the Olimpia Law.

In 2021, she was appointed by Governor Diego Sinhué Rodríguez Vallejo as the secretary of government, making her the first woman in the history of the state of Guanajuato to hold that position.

After 10 April 2023, she served as secretary of social and human development of the state of Guanajuato.

On 16 August 2023, the national leadership of the PAN installed a political roundtable to define the (female) candidate for governor of Guanajuato for the 2024 elections. Libia Dennise was officially recognized by the PAN as one of the two candidates for the Governorship of the State. She fought and won the gubernatorial election held on 2 June 2024. She was sworn in on 26 September 2024 for a six-year term.