Beatriz Elena Paredes Rangel (born 18 August 1953) is a Mexican politician who served as president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) from 2007 to 2011.

[4] Beatriz Elena Paredes Rangel was born on 18 August 1953 in San Esteban Tizatlán, Tlaxcala, Mexico.

[5] Paredes Rangel later received a postgraduate degree in Latin American Literature from the University of Barcelona.

[14] She ran for President in the 2024 election, but lost the Fuerza y Corazón por México primary to Xóchitl Gálvez.

[16] On 5 October 2009, she publicly acknowledged her interest in running for President of Mexico in 2012, and stated she is pro-choice on abortion issues.