Vanessa Rubio Márquez

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 Senator of the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress.[1] She coordinated the presidential campaign to elect José Antonio Meade Kuribreña, a candidate running in the 2018 Mexican general election. Previously, she was the Undersecretary for Planning, Evaluation and Regional Development at the Secretariat of Social Development and the Undersecretary for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs before that.

Vanessa Rubio Márquez
A photograph of Vanessa Rubio Márquez
Undersecretary of Finance and Public Credit
In office
September 8, 2016 – January 19, 2018
PresidentEnrique Peña Nieto
LeaderJosé Antonio Meade Kuribreña
Preceded byFernando Aportela
Undersecretary for Planning, Evaluation and Regional Development
In office
September 2015 – September 8, 2016
PresidentEnrique Peña Nieto
Undersecretary for Latin America and the Caribbean
Assumed office
January 2013
PresidentEnrique Peña Nieto
Succeeded bySocorro Flores Liera
Personal details
Born
Vanessa Rubio

(1972-02-21) 21 February 1972 (age 52)
Mexico City, Mexico
Alma mater

Early life and academic career

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Rubio Márquez obtained her undergraduate degree in international relations from National Autonomous University of Mexico. She also attended the London School of Economics where she earned her master's degree.[2]

Political career

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In her capacity as Undersecretary for Latin America and the Caribbean under Mexico's Secretariat of Foreign Affairs, Rubio-Márquez was involved in negotiations with the Bolivian Government over expansion of the free trade agreement between the two countries. As part of the talks, Rubio Márquez visited Bolivia in October 2013.[3] 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.[4]

On September 8, 2016, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto appointed Rubio Márquez as undersecretary of Finance and Public Credit.[5][6]

On January 19, 2018, Rubio Márquez resigned her position as undersecretary to become the office coordinator for the presidential campaign to elect José Antonio Meade Kuribreña, an Institutional Revolutionary Party candidate running in the 2018 Mexican general election.[7][8]

Publications

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  • Rubio-Márquez, Vanessa (2009-05-14). "The G20: A Practitioner's Perspective". In Martinez-Diaz, Leonardo; Woods, Ngaire (eds.). Networks of Influence?: Developing Countries in a Networked Global Order. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780199564422.

References

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  1. ^ "Senadora Vanessa Rubio Márquez". Senate of Mexico. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Perfil. Vanessa Rubio Márquez" [Profile. Vanessa Rubio-Márquez]. El Universal (in Spanish). 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  3. ^ "México busca ampliar acuerdo de complementación económica con Bolivia" [Mexico seeks to expand economic complementation agreement with Bolivia]. Hoy San Diego. The San Diego Union-Tribune. 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
  4. ^ "La nueva canciller mexicana hace cambios en su equipo de colaboradores" [The new Mexican Foreign Secretary makes changes in his team of collaborators]. Fox News Latino (in Spanish). 2015-09-21. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  5. ^ "Nombran a Vanessa Rubio subsecretaria de Hacienda y Crédito Público" [Vanessa Rubio is named Undersecretary of Treasury and Public Credit]. Hoy San Diego (in Spanish). The San Diego Union-Tribune. 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
  6. ^ Navarro, María Fernanda (2018-01-14). "No se puede extorsionar a Hacienda: Rubio Márquez" [You can not extort the Estate: Rubio Márquez]. Forbes México (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  7. ^ "Ella es Vanessa Rubio, la nueva integrante de la precampaña de Meade". El Financiero. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  8. ^ "AMLO y Anaya preocupados por crecimiento de Meade: Nuño". POLÍTICO México. January 19, 2018. Retrieved 2018-01-21.