Patricia Elena Aceves Pastrana (born April 9, 1948) is a Mexican politician, member of the National Regeneration Movement party (MORENA).
[1] Born in Minatitlán, Veracruz, she served as a federal deputy in the 63rd Congress, representing Mexico City's fifth district and as the mayor of Tlalpan from 2018 to 2021.
[4] She studied Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Biology (1965-1969), then completed a master's degree in History of Mexico, and finally received her PhD in Organic Chemistry from the Claude Bernard University in Lyon, France.
[4] She was a professor at Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM) as well as at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the UNAM.
[1][4] Her political career began in 2012, within the National Regeneration Movement party (MORENA).