Honorary President, Inter-Parliamentary Union
Gabriela Cuevas Barron is the Honorary President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
She has been a senator since 1 September 2012. She is the Chairperson of the Foreign Relations Committee, responsible for analysis of Mexico’s foreign policy, approval of ambassadors and consuls general, approval of international treaties signed by the Executive and deployment of troops outside national territory.
Within the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Senator Cuevas Barron is the Head of the Delegation of the Mexican Congress to the IPU. From 2014 to 2016, she was a member of the Committee to Promote Respect for International Humanitarian Law, which she chaired during the period from 2014 to 2015.
Senator Gabriela Cuevas Barron’s political career spans more than 20 years. Convinced of being a participant in Mexico’s democratic consolidation and conscious of promoting citizen participation in the country’s affairs, at age of 15 she joined the National Action Party, which was the main opposition force during Mexico’s transition towards democracy. In the same vein, together with a group of young people, she founded the Fundación Educa México, A.C., which is committed to improving education in Mexico.
Senator Cuevas Barron has served as a federal representative in the LXI Legislature (2009-2012); head of the local authority (equivalent to a mayor) of Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City (2006-2009); representative in the Federal District Legislative Assembly (2003-2006); federal representative in the LVIII Legislature (2001-2003); advisor to the Undersecretary on Normativity and Media, in the Ministry of the Interior (2001); and research assistant at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (2000- 2001).
She has also published several articles and chapters on issues relating to human rights advocacy and women’s empowerment. Senator Cuevas Barron features regularly in several Mexican (radio, television, and print) and international (print) media outlets. She studied Political Science at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (2001).