predecessor successor religion birth_place nationality party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name
víctor manzanilla schaffer ricardo Ávila heredia catholic mérida , yucatán mexican institutional revolutionary party governor of yucatán senator national proportion 14 august 1951 february 14 , 1991 september 1 , 2000 josé luis sierra villarreal dulce maría sauri riancho
 december 1 , 1993 august 31 , 2006 dulce maria sauri
dulce maría sauri riancho

dulce maría sauri riancho -lrb- born 1951 in mérida , yucatán -rrb- is a mexican politician who was the first woman to serve as governor of yucatán , from 1991 through 1994 .
during her tenure as governor , reforms which restructured the henequen industry in yucatán were implemented .
the toll rode between mérida and cancún was also built and became operational during her administration .
dulce maría sauri studied sociology at the `` universidad iberoamericana '' .
between 1977 and 1982 , she worked in the federal public administration in various capacities : social programming technical assistance plan -lrb- 1975-1977 -rrb- ; state of coahuila , ministry of programming and budget -lrb- 1977-1979 -rrb- ; outreach program coordinator for integrated rural development programme -lrb- pider -rrb- -lrb- 1979-1982 -rrb- and head of ministry of planning and budget evaluation unit for yucatán -lrb- 1979-1982 -rrb- .
she has been an active member of the institutional revolutionary party -lrb- pri -rrb- since 1981 .
she has served as deputy in the congress of yucatán and as federal deputy in the lower house of the mexican congress -lrb- yucatán 's fourth district , 1982 -- 85 -rrb- .
between 1988 and 1991 , she served as federal senator representing yucatán .
after her tenure as governor of yucatán -lrb- 1991-1994 -rrb- , she returned to the lower house of the federal government between 1994 and 1996 .
she served as the coordinator of the national programme for women between 1995-2000 and simultaneously served on the national commission for women between 1996 and 1999 .
she served as the president of the inter-american commission of women -lrb- cim -rrb- of the organization of american states from -lrb- 1998-2000 -rrb- sauri became national president of the pri in 1999 and though lost the presidency in the 2000 election , refused to step down , remaining as party president until 2002 .
sauri served in the upper house of the federal congress from 2000 to 2006 .
during her tenure in the senate , she served as chair of the asia pacific foreign relations committee .
she was also a member of the foreign relations committee , the north american foreign relations committee , and the finance and public credit committee .
