Marcelo Ebrard

Marcelo Ebrard
Ebrard in 2022
Secretary of Economy
Assumed office
1 October 2024
PresidentClaudia Sheinbaum
Preceded byRaquel Buenrostro Sánchez
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
In office
1 December 2018 – 12 June 2023[1]
PresidentAndrés Manuel López Obrador
Preceded byLuis Videgaray Caso
Succeeded byAlicia Bárcena Ibarra
5th Head of Government of Mexico City
In office
5 December 2006 – 4 December 2012
Preceded byAlejandro Encinas Rodríguez
Succeeded byMiguel Ángel Mancera
Secretary of Social Development of the Federal District
In office
8 February 2005 – 7 September 2005
MayorAndrés Manuel López Obrador
Preceded byRaquel Sosa Elízaga
Succeeded byMartha Pérez Bajarano
Secretary of Public Security of the Federal District
In office
15 February 2002 – 7 November 2004
MayorAndrés Manuel López Obrador
Preceded byJoel Ortega Cuevas
Succeeded byLeonel Godoy Rangel
Secretary General of the Democratic Center Party
In office
30 June 1999 – 15 September 2000
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Member of the Congress of the Union
for the 4th Circumscription
In office
1 September 1997 – 31 August 2000
Personal details
Born
Marcelo Luis Ebrard

(1959-10-10) 10 October 1959 (age 65)
Mexico City, Mexico
Political partyNational Regeneration Movement (2018–present)
Democratic Revolution Party (2000–2018)
Democratic Center Party (1999–2000)
Institutional Revolutionary Party (1977–1995)
Spouses
Francesca Ramos Morgan
(m. 1999; div. 2005)
Mariagna Pratts
(m. 2006; div. 2011)
(m. 2011)
ChildrenAnne Dominique Ebrard
Francesca Ebrard
Marcelo Ebrard, Jr.
Ivanna Ebrard
Julián Ebrard
Parent(s)Marcelo Ebrard, Sr.
Marcela Casaubón
EducationEl Colegio de México (BA)
École nationale d'administration
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Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón (Spanish pronunciation: [maɾˈselo eˈβɾaɾð]; born 10 October 1959) is a Mexican politician who has served as the secretary of economy since 2024. He previously served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador from 2018 to 2023. He served as Head of Government of the Federal District (Mexico City) from 2006 to 2012.

Ebrard won the 2006 Federal District election as a Democratic Revolution Party (PRD)-led electoral alliance. As mayor, Ebrard presided over the creation of the Ecobici mobility system, the Prepa Sí program that grants scholarships to low-income students, and revival projects in the city's historic center.[2] While in office, he served as secretary-general of the former Federal District Department, minister of public security, and minister of social development of the Mexican capital.[citation needed] In 2010, Ebrard was nominated as the "world's best mayor" by the Project World Mayor.[3][dead link] After leaving office, he served as president of the United Nations Global Network on Safer Cities.[4] From 2009 to 2012, he was the chair of the World Mayors Council on Climate Change.[5]

During his mayoralty, Ebrard was seen as a likely future presidential candidate. In 2012, Ebrard ran for the PRD's nomination for President, ultimately losing to López Obrador.[6][7] In June 2023, Ebrard resigned from his position as Secretary of Foreign Affairs to run for president in the 2024 election, but lost Morena's nomination to Claudia Sheinbaum.[8] On 20 June 2024, president-elect Sheinbaum announced that Ebrard would serve as Secretary of the Economy in her cabinet beginning 1 October 2024.[9]

  1. ^ "Mexico's top diplomat resigns to enter primary race for 2024 presidential election". Associated Press. 12 June 2023.
  2. ^ Yañez, Brenda (11 September 2023). "¿Quién es Marcelo Ebrard, el exsecretario que busca ser candidato presidencial?". ADNPolítico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2024. Además, implementó el sistema de movilidad urbana Ecobici, puso en marcha el programa Prepa Sí, que consistía en el otorgamiento de becas para estudiantes de escasos recursos, rehabilitó el Monumento a la Revolución y la Alameda, e intervino el Centro Histórico capitalino.
  3. ^ "La historia de amor de Marcelo Ebrard y Mariagna Prats". CNN Mexico. 6 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Ebrard announced president of the Global Network of Safer Cities". UCLG - United Cities and Local Governments. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Mayor Park of Seoul takes the helm of WMCCC from Mayor Ebrard of Mexico City". World Mayors Council on Climate Change. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  6. ^ Goldman, Francisco (6 November 2016). "How a One-Time Political Star in Mexico Ended Up Campaigning for Clinton". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 24 June 2024. Toward the end of his term, Ebrard, who is now in his late fifties, was widely regarded as Mexico's President-in-waiting for the 2018 elections, and for many people that was one reason to feel a little optimistic about the future of the beleaguered country.
  7. ^ Sherman, Christopher; Castillo, E. Eduardo (16 April 2023). "He's been Mexico's voice abroad. Now he wants the presidency". AP News. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Mexico's Ebrard lodges complaint over MORENA process, eyes new movement". Reuters. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).