Guadalupe Valdez

Guadalupe Valdez San Pedro (b. Mexico City, 22 September 1957) is a Dominican Republic politician. She was national deputy from 2010 to 2016.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Valdez and the second or maternal family name is San Pedro.
The Honourable

Guadalupe Valdez
At-large National Deputy
In office
16 August 2010 – 16 August 2016
Personal details
Born22 September 1957
Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico
Political partyAlliance for Democracy (since 1992)
Spouse(s)Onofre Rojas
Children2
ParentsNicolás Quírico Valdez, Lucía San Pedro
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Early life

Valdez was born in Mexico City to Nicolás Quírico Valdez, a Dominican labor activist exiled in Mexico, and Lucía San Pedro, a Mexican woman. Her father was considered a communist and was expelled from Mexico and had to seek asylum in the USSR. Valdez was raised in her maternal grandmother's home. After the fall of Rafael Trujillo’s dictatorship in 1961, Lucía San Pedro moved to Santo Domingo with her children, including Guadalupe, to rejoin her husband.[1]

Political beginnings

Legislative career

In 2010, Valdez was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic.[2]

Family and personal life

References
  1. "Guadalupe Valdez". guadalupevaldez.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  2. "Resultados de las Elecciones Congresuales y Municipales 16 de Mayo 2010". Dominicana On Line. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.


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