Marcelo Ebrard
Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón (Spanish pronunciation: [maɾˈselo eˈβɾaɾð]; born 10 October 1959) is a Mexican politician who served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs until 2023. Affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) since 2018, he was appointed to lead the foreign ministry by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on 1 December 2018. In June 2023, he resigned from his post to compete for his party's presidential candidacy for the 2024 election.
Marcelo Ebrard | |
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Ebrard in 2018 | |
| Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico | |
| In office 1 December 2018 – 12 June 2023 | |
| President | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| Preceded by | Luis Videgaray Caso |
| Succeeded by | Alicia Bárcena Ibarra |
| Head of Government of the Federal District | |
| In office 5 December 2006 – 4 December 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Ángel Mancera |
| Secretary of Social Development of the Federal District | |
| In office 8 February 2005 – 7 September 2005 | |
| Mayor | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| Preceded by | Raquel Sosa Elízaga |
| Succeeded by | Martha Pérez Bajarano |
| Secretary of Public Security of the Federal District | |
| In office 15 February 2002 – 7 November 2004 | |
| Mayor | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| Preceded by | Joel Ortega Cuevas |
| Succeeded by | Leonel Godoy Rangel |
| Secretary General of the Democratic Center Party | |
| In office 30 June 1999 – 15 September 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office 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 10 October 1959 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Political party | National 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) |
| Children | Anne Dominique Ebrard Francesca Ebrard Marcelo Ebrard, Jr. Ivanna Ebrard Julián Ebrard |
| Parent(s) | Marcelo Ebrard, Sr. Marcela Casaubón |
| Education | El Colegio de México (BA) École nationale d'administration |
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He has previously served as president of the United Nations Global Network on Safer Cities. He was the successful candidate of the Democratic Revolution Party-led electoral alliance to serve as Head of Government of the Federal District in the 2006 Federal District election, a position he held until 2012. He also served as secretary-general of the former Federal District Department, minister of public security, and minister of social development of the Mexican capital. In 2010, Ebrard was nominated as the "world's best mayor" by the Project World Mayor. From 2009 to 2012, he was the chair of the World Mayors Council on Climate Change.