FEDERAL LIX CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS NAMED

The presidencies (chairpersons) of the of the 42 committees in the Chamber of Deputies have been tentatively assigned as follows, with an agreement that some changes could be allowed through next Tuesday, October 7.

Total committees: 42; Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI): 18; National Action Party (PAN): 12; Democratic Revolution Party (PRD): 8; Mexican Ecological Green Party (PVEM): 2; Convergence: 1; Labor Party (PT): 1.

Committee          Chair          Party

I     Agriculture and Livestock     Cruz López Aguilar     PRI

II     Indigenous (Indian) Affairs     Javier Manzano Salazar     PRD

III     Attention to Vulnerable Groups     Magdalena Adriana González Furlong     PAN

IV     Science and Technology     Julio César Córdova Martínez     PRI

V     Communications     Ángel Aguirre Rivera     PRI

VI     Culture     Filemón Arcos Suárez     PRI

VII     National Defense     Guillermo Martínez Nolasco     PRI

VIII     Metropolitan Development     Fernando Fernández García     PRI

IX     Rural Development     Miguel Luna Hernández     PRD

X     Social Development     Beatriz Zavala Peniche     PAN

XI     Economy     Manuel Ignacio López Villarreal     PAN

XII     Federal District     José Agustín Ortiz Pinchetti     PRD

XIII     Public Education     Salvador Martínez della Rocca     PRD

XIV     Energy     Francisco Javier Salazar Diez de Sollano     PAN

XV     Gender and Equity     Diva Hadamira Gastélum     PRI

XVI     Cooperative Development and Social Economy     Francisco Saucedo Pérez     PRD

XVII     Federalism Strengthening     Ramón Galindo Noriega     PAN

XVIII     Government     Julián Angulo Góngora     PAN

XIX     Finance and Public Credit     Gustavo Madero Muñoz     PAN

XX     Jurisdictional     Jorge Romero Romero     PRI

XXI     Justice and Human Rights     Rebeca Godínez y Bravo     PRI

XXII     Youth and Sports     José Manuel Carrillo Rubio     PRI

XXIII     Navy     Sebastián Calderón Centeno     PAN

XXIV     Environment     Jacqueline Argüelles Guzmán     PVEM

XXV     Citizen Participation     Jaime Moreno Garavilla     Convergence

XXVI     Fisheries     Francisco Javier Obregón Espinosa     PRD

XXVII     Population, Borders and Migratory Affairs     Juan Antonio Guajard Anzaldúa     PT

XXVIII     Budget and Public Account     Francisco Rojas Gutiérrez     PRI

XXIX     Constitutional Points     Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares     PRI

XXX     Radio, Television and Cinematography     Javier Orozco Gómez     PVEM

XXXI     Water Resources     Guadalupe de Jesús Vizcarra     PRI

XXXII     Agrarian Reform     Teófilo Manuel García Corpus     PRI

XXXIII     Parliamentary Regulations and Practices     Iván García Solís     PRD

XXXIV     Foreign Relations     Adriana González Carrillo     PAN

XXXV     Health     José Ángel Córdoba Villalobos     PAN

XXXVI     Public Safety     Jorge Uscanga Escobar     PRI

XXXVII     Social Security     Agustín Alonso Raya     PRD

XXXVIII     Labor and Social Provision     Enrique Burgos García     PRI

XXXIX     Transportation     Francisco Ávila Camberos     PAN

XL     Tourism     Francisco López Mena     PAN

XLI     Audit Oversight     José Ángel Ibáñez Montes     PRI

XLII     Housing     Roberto Pedraza Martínez     PRI