Martha Lara

Who is Martha Lara?

Ambassador Martha I. Lara is a prominent Mexican career diplomat and politician.

Elected Federal Senator for the State of Chihuahua, she served her full six-year term from 1994 to 2000, becoming President of the Senate for the first period of ordinary sessions in 1995, and was Vice President of the Latin American Parliament from 1996 to 2000.

From 1994 to 2000, during her Senate mandate, Ambassador Lara was Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Global Commission and member of the Migration, Human Rights and Northern Border Affairs Commissions. From 1998 to 2000, she was Chairwoman of the important Foreign Affairs Commission for North America.

She had an active role in the U.S.-Mexico Inter-Parliamentary Meetings since 1997, presiding the meeting held in Savannah, Georgia and co-presiding the meetings held in the States of Puebla and Michoacán, Mexico. She participated in the World Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference in El Cairo, Egypt; in the Inter-Parliamentary Meeting of the European Union-Latin America in Caracas, Venezuela; and in the APEC Inter-Parliamentary Forum in Lima, Peru.