Rogelio Ramírez de la O is an

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based in

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. He was designated as finance secretary of Mexico, replacing Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez, a position he held from 2021 to 2025.

Early life and education

Ramírez de la O received a bachelor's degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and an Economics PhD from

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Career

Director and sole partner of Ecanal S.A., a private company which provides macroeconomic analysis and forecasts on Mexico to business, including some of the largest

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with interests in Mexico. During 2006 he headed on an honorary basis the economic policy team of presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, backed by a coalition of parties including the PRD (Party of the Democratic Revolution). He has published works in Mexico, the

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and

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on NAFTA, Mexico’s macroeconomic problems and the Mexican auto industry, among others. In the context of his 2012 presidential election campaign, Andrés Manuel López Obrador included him as Finance Minister in his cabinet proposal, but the party did not win the elections.

Other activities

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(EBRD), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors *

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, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of GovernorsBoard of Governors

References

External links

Andrés Manuel López Obrador Press Release #70
(in Spanish).

(in Spanish). {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramirez De Da O, Rogelio 1948 births Living people Mexican economists National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge 21st-century Mexican politicians Secretaries of finance of Mexico Cabinet of Andrés Manuel López Obrador Social scientists from Mexico City Politicians from Mexico City