Laura Itzel Castillo

Laura Itzel Castillo studied at National Autonomous University of Mexico. The recorded working language is Spanish. Places of work recorded in the authority are Mexico City. Positions recorded include Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico and President of the Senate (Mexico).

• Name — Laura Itzel Castillo • Office — President of the Senate of the Republic • Term Start — 1 September 2025 • Term End — 31 August 2026 • Predecessor — Gerardo Fernández Noroña • Successor — Higinio Martínez • Office2 — Member of the Senate of the Republic • Term Start2 — 1 September 2024 • Constituency2 — Proportional representation • Office4 — Member of the Chamber of Deputies • Term Start4 — 1 September 2009 • Term End4 — 31 August 2012 • Constituency4 — Fourth electoral region • Term Start5 — 1 September 1997 • Term End5 — 25 September 1999 • Constituency5 — Fourth electoral region Other offices • Birth Name — Laura Itzel Castillo Juárez • Born — 16 November 1957 • Birthplace — Mexico City, Mexico • Occupation — Architect and politician • Party — Morena • Other Party — Labor Party Party of the Democratic Revolution Mexican Workers' Party

Laura Itzel Castillo was born in Mexico City into a political family: her father was the renowned leftist leader and engineer Heberto Castillo and her brother, Heberto Castillo Juárez, was the borough president of Coyoacán, Mexico City, from 2006 to 2009. She earned a degree in architecture from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1981. Her political life began with the Mexican Workers' Party (PMT), founded by her father in 1974. The PMT, along with other left-wing parties, was later subsumed into the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), created in 1989. Castillo was elected to the first session of the Assembly of Representatives of the Federal District, the forerunner of the Congress of Mexico City, in 1991. In the 1997 mid-terms, she was elected to a plurinominal seat in the Chamber of Deputies for the duration of the 57th session of Congress (1997–2000), representing the PRD. She left her seat in Congress when she was appointed borough chief of Coyoacán in 1999–2000. In 2000, she was appointed Secretary of Urban Development and Housing of the Federal District by the head of government, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and remained in that position until 2005, when she resigned to join López Obrador's unsuccessful campaign for the presidency in the 2006 general election. When López Obrador formed the so-called legitimate government in 2006, he appointed her to the position of secretary of human settlements and housing. She left that position in 2009 to contend for her second term in the Chamber of Deputies: in the 2009 mid-terms she was elected to a plurinominal seat in the 61st congressional session (2009–2012) for the Labor Party (PT). In the 2024 general election, she was elected to the Senate from the national list of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena). In August 2025 she was elected to serve as president of the Senate during the second year of the 66th Congress (2025–2026), replacing Gerardo Fernández Noroña. In August 2026, President Claudia Sheinbaum invited her to serve in her cabinet as secretary of women.

Laura Itzel Castillo is recorded with the occupation politician. Castillo worked at Mexico City. Recorded as having studied at National Autonomous University of Mexico. Within the Encyclopedia. Connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.