Vanessa Rubio Márquez (born 21 February 1972) is a Mexican politician and economist who was Undersecretary of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico from September 2016 to January 2018. She is currently a

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of the

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. She coordinated the presidential campaign to elect

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, a candidate running in the

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. Previously, she was the Undersecretary for Planning, Evaluation and Regional Development at the

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and the Undersecretary for

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in the

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before that.

Early life and academic career

Rubio Márquez obtained her undergraduate degree in

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from

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. She also attended the

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where she earned her master's degree.

Political career

In her capacity as Undersecretary for Latin America and the Caribbean under Mexico's

, Rubio-Márquez was involved in negotiations with the

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over expansion of the free trade agreement between the two countries. As part of the talks, Rubio Márquez visited Bolivia in October 2013. On September 21, 2015, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs Claudia Ruiz Massieu named Socorro Flores Liera to succeed Rubio Márquez as Undersecretary for Latin America and the Caribbean. On September 8, 2016,

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appointed Rubio Márquez as undersecretary of Finance and Public Credit. On January 19, 2018, Rubio Márquez resigned her position as undersecretary to become the office coordinator for the presidential campaign to elect

, an

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candidate running in the

Publications

References

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