38 Facts About Marcelo Ebrard

Marcelo Ebrard previously served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs under President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador from 2018 to 2023.

Marcelo Ebrard served as Head of Government of the Federal District from 2006 to 2012.

In 2010, Marcelo Ebrard was nominated as the "world's best mayor" by the Project World Mayor.

In 2012, Marcelo Ebrard ran for the PRD's nomination for President, ultimately losing to Lopez Obrador.

In June 2023, Marcelo Ebrard resigned from his position as Secretary of Foreign Affairs to run for president in the 2024 election, but lost Morena's nomination to Claudia Sheinbaum.

On 20 June 2024, president-elect Sheinbaum announced that Marcelo Ebrard would serve as Secretary of the Economy in her cabinet beginning 1 October 2024.

Marcelo Ebrard received a bachelor's degree in international relations from El Colegio de Mexico.

Marcelo Ebrard specialized in public administration and planning at France's Ecole nationale d'administration.

Marcelo Ebrard became a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1978.

Marcelo Ebrard left the PRI along with Manuel Camacho Solis in 1995 to found the now-defunct Party of the Democratic Center.

Marcelo Ebrard, who achieved some acceptance as a candidate, declined in March 2000 in favor of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, candidate of the PRD and the so-called Alliance for Mexico City to Mexico City.

Marcelo Ebrard launched the creation of new police groups, such as the Citizen Protection Program and the Cardholder Crime Protection Unit.

Marcelo Ebrard became a member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution on 12 September 2004.

Marcelo Ebrard was later reinstated as Secretary of Social Development by Lopez Obrador.

On 8 July 2006, the French newspaper Le Monde ran an article indicating that Marcelo Ebrard was an emerging leader of the Mexican Left.

Manuel Camacho Solis, of whom Marcelo Ebrard was a political protege, had a reputation for running articles in foreign newspapers to indicate his political intentions.

Marcelo Ebrard continued and expanded programs that Lopez Obrador had initiated.

Marcelo Ebrard expanded pensions for the elderly so that it was a right of every inhabitant of Mexico City who had reached 68 years of age, sending an initiative to the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District to elevate it to the status of law.

Marcelo Ebrard created a special intelligence unit to fight against money laundering.

Marcelo Ebrard made significant changes to the Historic Center, returning it to the citizens of Mexico City and its visitors by relocating the street vendors beginning in mid-2007.

Marcelo Ebrard rehabilitated the Monument to the Revolution and the Alameda.

Marcelo Ebrard has stated that one of his goals is reviving the Nahuatl language.

Marcelo Ebrard's plan calls for city workers to learn the language as an initial effort at reviving the language.

Marcelo Ebrard was the first head of government of the Federal District to complete his six-year term, which began on 5 December 2006 and ended on 5 December 2012.

On 30 March 2010, Marcelo Ebrard publicly announced his intention to contest his party's candidacy for the presidency in 2012.

In September 2012, Marcelo Ebrard was elected to serve as president of the United Nations Global Network on Safer Cities which is part of the Urban Initiatives through the United Nations.

Marcelo Ebrard resigned his position on 3 February 2014, in order to contend for the Presidency of the PRD.

Marcelo Ebrard was part of Lopez Obrador's 2018 campaign team, responsible for outreach in Mexico's northwestern states.

In 2023, Marcelo Ebrard presided over the issuing of Mexico's first-ever non-binary passport on the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia.

In June 2023, Marcelo Ebrard resigned as foreign secretary to seek the presidential nomination of the MORENA party for the 2024 general election.

However, before the party decided its candidate, Marcelo Ebrard threatened to resign from Morena.

Later on, Marcelo Ebrard lost the party's nomination to Claudia Sheinbaum in September 2023.

Marcelo Ebrard lodged a complaint against Sheinbaum's nomination victory in September 2023, claiming irregularities in the nomination process.

In March 2024, months ahead of the election, it was reported that Marcelo Ebrard supported Sheinbaum's candidacy in the general election.

Marcelo Ebrard subsequently contended for a seat in the Senate in the same election.

Marcelo Ebrard was married to Francesca Ramos Morgan and had two daughters and one son: Francesca, Anne Dominique, and Marcelo Ebrard Ramos.

Marcelo Ebrard later divorced and married Mexican soap-opera actress Mariagna Pratts.

On 7 October 2011, Marcelo Ebrard married for the third time to Rosalinda Bueso, the former Honduran ambassador to Mexico.