Pablo Escudero Morales (born July 6, 1973) is a Mexican politician and lawyer, member of the

Ecologist Green Party of Mexico The Ecological Green Party of Mexico ( es, Partido Verde Ecologista de México, , PVEM or PVE) is a green-conservative political party in Mexico. In the 2012 legislative elections, the party took 34 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (out of 500 ...

(PVEM) and former federal deputy and senator. From 2016 to 2017, he served as President of the

Senate of Mexico The Senate of the Republic, ( es, Senado de la República) constitutionally Chamber of Senators of the Honorable Congress of the Union ( es, Cámara de Senadores del H. Congreso de la Unión), is the upper house of Mexico's bicameral Congres ...

Studies and professional career

Pablo Escudero graduated with a law degree from the

Universidad Anáhuac The Anahuac University Network is a private universities system grouped and administered by the religious congregation of the Legion of Christ. The network is composed of several universities, some with different names and educational approaches. ...

and a master's in public administration from the National Institute of Public Administration in Madrid, Spain. He began his career in public administration in 1997 as the coordinator of the program for responsibilities of public servants of the

Mexican Social Security Institute The Mexican Institute of Social Security ( es, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, IMSS) is a governmental organization that assists public health, pensions and social security in Mexico operating under the Secretariat of Health. It also forms ...

(IMSS). After leaving in 2000, he returned to the IMSS the next year as private secretary to the comptroller. After brief stints at

Pemex Pemex (a portmanteau of Petróleos Mexicanos, which translates to ''Mexican Petroleum'' in English; ) is the Mexican state-owned petroleum company managed and operated by the Mexican government. It was formed in 1938 by nationalization and expr ...

and the

Secretariat of the Civil Service The Mexican Secretariat of the Civil Service (Spanish: ''Secretaría de la Función Pública'', ''SFP'') is the entity of the cabinet of Mexico in charge of coordinating, assessing and monitoring the public exercise of the federal government. It ...

, he moved to the

National Human Rights Commission A human rights commission, also known as a human relations commission, is a body set up to investigate, promote or protect human rights. The term may refer to international, national or subnational bodies set up for this purpose, such as nationa ...

, where from 2003 to 2005 he served as private secretary to CNDH president José Luis Soberanes Fernández; he then was the CNDH's secretary of administration until 2006 and senior officer of the institution from 2006 to 2009.

Legislative career

In 2009, he was elected as a

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federal deputy from the PVEM to the

LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress The LXI Legislature of the Congress of Mexico met from September 1, 2009, to August 31, 2012. Members of the upper house of the Congress were selected in the elections of July 2006 while members of the lower house of the Congress were selected ...

year 2012. In this legislature, he was president of the Civil Service Commission and secretary of the Oversight Commission for the

Superior Auditor of the Federation The Superior Auditor of the Federation ( es, Auditoría Superior de la Federación, ASF) is the supreme audit institution of Mexico. A technical agency of the Chamber of Deputies, it is empowered to conduct external audits of federal, state and ...

and National Defense Commission. In 2012, he was nominated by the coalition of the

Institutional Revolutionary Party The Institutional Revolutionary Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario Institucional, ; abbr. PRI) is a political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 and held uninterrupted power in the country for 71 years, from 1929 to 2000, first as the Nati ...

(PRI) and PVEM as part of its senatorial ticket for the Federal District. The ticket placed second, and Escudero was elected as the minority senator from the Federal District for the LXII and LXIII Legislatures. He served as chair of the Anti-Corruption and Citizen Participation Commission and member of commissions on Human Rights, the Federal District and Constitutional Points. On August 31, 2016, he was elected President of the Senate for a six-month term.

Personal life

Pablo Escudero is married to Sylvana Beltrones Sanchez, daughter of PRI politician Manlio Fabio Beltrones.

References

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