Background
Payán was born to Alfonso Payán Flores and Aurora Cervera de Payán.
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Ana Payan
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Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán.
Career
In 2007 she ran for Governor of Yucatán as the Labor Party–Convergence candidate. She holds a bachelor"s degree in accounting. Payán joined the National Action Party in 1983 and from that year until early 2007 she was an active Personal Area Networks member.
She served as federal deputy from 1988 to 1990, representing Yucatán"s First District.
Mayor of Mérida from 1991 to 1993 (the first female in that function). Local deputy in the state of Yucatán from 1995 to 1997.
And Senator from 1997 to 2000. In January 2006 President Vicente Fox designated her Director of the Sistema Nacional para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF).
Yucatán gubernatorial election
In December 2006 Payán contested for the Personal Area Networks nomination for Governor of Yucatán but was defeated in the Personal Area Networks primaries by Xavier Abreu Sierra.
Following the primary election results Payán left the Personal Area Networks alleging fraud during the elections. She then accepted the Convergence invitation to run as its candidate for the 2007 Yucatán gubernatorial election. Payán lost against the Institutional Revolutionary Party candidate.
