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Anaya in 2015
President of the National Action Party
In office 21 August 2015 – 9 December 2017
Preceded by	Gustavo Madero Muñoz
Succeeded by	Damián Zepeda Vidales
In office 30 September 2014 – 20 January 2015
Preceded by	Gustavo Madero Muñoz
Succeeded by	Gustavo Madero Muñoz
Member of the Congress of the Union Plurinominal
In office 20 January 2015 – 30 June 2015
Preceded by	Ana Paola López Birlian
In office 1 September 2012 – 6 March 2014
Succeeded by	Ana Paola López Birlian
General Secretary of the National Action Party
In office 19 May 2014 – 30 September 2014
President	Gustavo Madero Muñoz
Preceded by	Jorge Ocejo Moreno
Succeeded by	Fernando Álvarez Monje
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 1 September 2013 – 6 March 2014
Preceded by	Francisco Arroyo Vieyra
Succeeded by	José González Morfin
Undersecretary of Tourism Planning
In office 1 April 2011 – 31 January 2012
President	Felipe Calderón
Preceded by	Jacqueline Arzoz Padrés
Succeeded by	Jorge Mezher Rage
President of the National Action Party in Queretaro
In office 27 February 2010 – 31 March 2011
Preceded by	Jose Edmundo Guajardo Treviño
Succeeded by	Guillermo Vega Guerrero
Local deputy of the Congress of the State of Queretaro Plurinominal
In office 27 September 2009 – 31 March 2011
Succeeded by	Adriana Cruz Dominguez
Personal details
Born	Ricardo Anaya Cortés (1979-02-25) 25 February 1979 (age 46) Naucalpan de Juárez, State of Mexico, Mexico
Political party	National Action Party
Spouse	Carolina Martinez ​ (m. 2005)​
Children	3
Alma mater	Autonomous University of Queretaro (LLB) University of the Valley of Mexico (LLM) National Autonomous University of Mexico (PhD)
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Ricardo Anaya Cortés, born on February 25, 1979, in Naucalpan de Juárez, Mexico, is a Mexican lawyer and politician. He is a member of the National Action Party (PAN), which is a center-right political party. He served as the president of this party for a time. Since 2024, he has been working as a senator.

Anaya has held important roles in Mexico's government. He was a member of the Congress of the Union, which is like a parliament. He also served as the President of the Chamber of Deputies. He was the leader of his party's group in the Chamber of Deputies.

He was the National President of the National Action Party until December 9, 2017. He left this role to run for president in the 2018 presidential election. He ran as part of a group of parties, including the PAN, the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), and Citizens' Movement (MC).

Since January 2019, Ricardo Anaya has been a visiting professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. He teaches about politics there.

Education and Learning

Ricardo Anaya Cortés has a strong background in education. He earned a Bachelor of Law degree with honors from the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro. This means he studied law and did very well.

He also has a master's degree in Tax Law from Universidad del Valle de México. He graduated with honors from this program too. Later, he earned a Ph.D. in Political Science and Social Studies from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He also completed this degree with honors.

Anaya has shared his knowledge by teaching. He was a permanent lecturer in Constitutional Law and State Theory. He taught these subjects at the Law School of Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro.

Political Journey

Ricardo Anaya Cortés has been a member of the National Action Party for many years. He started his political career at a young age. In 2000, when he was just 21, he ran for a local deputy position in Querétaro. He helped his party gain many more votes in that election.

From 2003 to 2009, he worked as the Private Secretary for the Governor of the State of Querétaro. He also served as the Human Development Coordinator for the Querétaro government from 2008 to 2009.

He became a local deputy for the State of Querétaro. In this role, he led the National Action Party's group, which was the largest group in the state's congress.

From February 2010 to March 2011, he was the President of his party's committee in Querétaro. After that, in April 2011, he was appointed as the Undersecretary of Tourism Planning. This was a role in the federal government under President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa.

Anaya was elected as a Federal Deputy from 2012 to 2015. During this time, he became the President of the Chamber of Deputies. He held this important position from September 2013 to March 2014.

In September 2014, he became the National President of the PAN party. He took over when the previous president, Gustavo Madero Muñoz, took a break. Anaya had been the General Secretary of the party before this.

In January 2015, Gustavo Madero Muñoz returned to lead the party. Anaya then became the coordinator for the PAN's group in the Chamber of Deputies.

In 2015, Ricardo Anaya ran for the position of National President of his party again. He won with a large number of votes, showing strong support from party members.

In 2017, Ricardo Anaya Cortés met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. They talked about global events, especially after Donald Trump became President of the United States. Anaya also gave a speech at George Washington University. He spoke about the relationship between Mexico and the United States. He disagreed with the idea of building a wall on the border, calling it "insulting and unacceptable."

Anaya was one of the main candidates for President of Mexico in the 2018 general elections. He finished second in the election, losing to Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Anaya won only the state of Guanajuato, while López Obrador won most other states.

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In Spanish: Ricardo Anaya para niños