After meeting the first members who will make up Claudia Sheinbaum’s cabinet, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador I celebrate the appointment of Marcelo Ebrard as head of the Ministry of Economy (SE).
“First, I must say that the appointments that were made yesterday are very good; the president-elect knew how to choose well public servants, women and men, for the positions, who guarantee continuity with change,” he said at the morning conference on June 21.
“Everyone he named is very good, they are very experienced,” he guaranteed.
He recognized that Ebrard has extensive experience in economic and political issuesbecause during his tenure in the Foreign Ministry he was responsible for making ‘approaches with the United States government to have the new trade agreement signed.’
The mandatary considered that Ebrard’s management was very favorable for the economy of Mexico, because investment levels have been favored.
“Marcelo Ebrard (…) has a lot of experience, he is going (…) on instructions from the president to take charge of maintaining the economic and trade policy with the United States government, it is very important,” he said.
“That is why foreign investment has grown like never before in the country, these are record figures,” he added.
López Obrador is confident that the next appointments to Claudia Sheinbaum’s cabinet will also be prominent figures.
“All the appointments from yesterday were very good and those who come will surely be like this,” he added.
What positions has Marcelo Ebrard held?
These are the political positions that Marcelo Ebrard has held:
- Marcelo Ebrard began his political career in the PRI, specifically the Planning and Budget Secretariat of Mexico City.
- He served in positions such as general direction of the Department of the Federal Districtas well as general secretary of the PRI in the country’s capital and in the undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, specifically between the eighties and nineties.
- In 1995 he decided to separate from the PRI, and In 1997 he won a federal seat with the Green Party, although he resigned from this in 1998 and founded a party together with Camacho: the Democratic Center Party, which did not maintain registration for more than three years.
- At the end of his career as a deputy, Ebrard allied himself with López Obrador, the then winner of the elections for head of government of the then Federal District. He held the position of advisor from 2000 to 2002 and He was later appointed Secretary of Public Security from the country’s capital, although the pleasure did not last long because former President Vicente Fox removed him from office in December 2004.
- In 2005 he returned as Secretary of Social Developmentwhich gave him the necessary political image to be the PRD candidate to succeed López Obrador in 2006, winning the elections for the head of Government of Mexico City.
- Ebrard gave continuity to the Mexican left until 2012and although he sought the presidential candidacy, he gave way to López Obrador, who lost the elections against Enrique Peña Nieto.
- After concluding his term in the government of Mexico City, Ebrard tried to be a deputy, even seeking an alliance with Movimiento Ciudadano; however, former president Enrique Peña Nieto “persecuted him”to the point that he left the country after the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Branch of the Federation removed his candidacy for legislator in 2015.
- In 2017 reappeared in the ranks of Morena and accompanied López Obrador in his presidential campaign to win the elections in 2018.
- Given the triumph of López Obrador in the presidency of Mexico, Ebrard was appointed as Secretary of Foreign Affairsa position he held until June of last year, when he resigned to seek the presidential candidacy of Morena and allies.
- Ebrard lost in the polls to Claudia Sheinbaum in 2023, and although he considered leaving the party after reporting irregularities in the internal processended up supporting Claudia Sheinbaum in the search for the Presidency.
