Rosario Robles

Rosario Robles
Secretary of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development of Mexico
In office 27 August 2015 – 30 November 2018
President	Enrique Peña Nieto
Preceded by	Jesús Murillo Karam
Succeeded by	Román Meyer Falcón
Secretary of Social Development of Mexico
In office 1 December 2012 – 27 August 2015
President	Enrique Peña Nieto
Preceded by	Heriberto Félix Guerra
Succeeded by	José Antonio Meade
Head of Government of the Federal District
In office 29 September, 1999 – 4 December, 2000
Preceded by	Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
Succeeded by	Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for the 2nd Circumscription
In office 1 November, 1994 – 31 August 1997
Personal details
Born	1956 (age 68–69) Mexico City, Mexico
Political party	Democratic Revolution Party
Alma mater	National Autonomous University of Mexico
Occupation	Economist, politician

María del Rosario Robles Berlanga (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈsaɾjo ˈroβles]; born 1956) is a Mexican politician and criminal. She was the Secretary of Social Development in the cabinet of Enrique Peña Nieto.^[1] She also was substitute Head of Government of the Federal District ("Mayor of Mexico City"). She was the first female Mayor of Mexico City.^[2]

Robles was arrested on August 8, 2019 and charged with stealing MXN$4,6 billion (US$250,000,000). She faces seven years in prison.^[3]

References

1. "Rosario Robles, la experredista que va a la Sedesol con Peña - 2012 - ADNPolítico.com". Archived from the original on 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
2. Mexico City Journal; Tough, Cheerful Mayor Wins Hearts
3. "Imputada en México una exministra del Gobierno de Peña Nieto" [A former minister in the government of Peña Nieto is charged]. El Pais (in Spanish). Madrid. August 9, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2019.