Maricela Contreras Julián

Maricela Contreras Julián (born 15 June 1961) is a Mexican politician who has been affiliated with both the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and the National Regeneration Movement (Morena). She represented the fourth electoral region as a plurinominal deputy in the 63rd session of Congress (2015–2018).

Life Contreras got her start as a finance secretary for communist and socialist parties. At the age of 18, in 1979, she became the finance secretary of the Communist Party of Mexico; when it merged into the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico in 1981, she became its finance secretary, and she also was a founding member of the Mexican Socialist Party in 1986.

In 2015, Contreras returned to the Chamber of Deputies as a proportional representation deputy from the fourth region. In May 2016, she became the president of the Special Commission on Gender Crimes; she also sits on those for Tourism, Oversight of the Superior Auditor of the Federation, Center for Gender Equity Studies, and Human Rights. She switched allegiance from the PRD to the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) on 4 September 2017.