Martha Hilda González Calderón

Martha Hilda González Calderón (13 August 1965 – 29 January 2025) was a Mexican lawyer and politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

In the 2015 mid-terms she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent the State of Mexico's 34th district during the 63rd session of Congress.

Background González Calderón received her law degree from the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México in 1987 and immediately became the Director of Social Promotion in Toluca; after two years, she transitioned into a citizen attention position in Toluca's second district.

Career

Return to Mexico In the late 1990s, González Calderón's Mexican political career resumed. She became a deputy attorney for the Toluca Valley in 1999 and left that position to spend a year as the environmental secretary of the State of Mexico, between 2001 and 2002. During her tenure, Toluca was awarded by the Mexican Competitiveness Institute for leading the nation in budget transparency in 2014. Social media users criticized her in 2013 for allegedly ordering a culling of stray dogs in the city.

Back to San Lázaro In January 2015, González Calderón asked for permission to permanently step aside as mayor of Toluca in order to run for federal deputy in the 2015 mid-terms. She won the seat for the 34th district, one of several including Toluca, and sat on the Competitiveness, Public Education and Educational Services, and Government Commissions.