López Obrador appointed Carmen Moreno Toscano as the new Undersecretary for External Relations

Via a press release it has Ministry of Foreign Relations (SRE) reported this afternoon that the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador appointed Carmen Moreno Toscano as the new Undersecretary for External Relations. The appointment is in line with the SRE’s commitment to a feminist foreign policy, with more women participating in the country’s foreign policy, with two of the three under-secretaries headed by women.

The designation will have to be approved by the Chamber of Senators of the Republic to make it official for now Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon He recognized Moreno’s profile and emphasized his career that would contribute to the new position. Carmen Moreno will take the place of Julian Ventura Valero, current Undersecretary for External Relations.

The new Undersecretary has an impressive career in the country, She is currently the Ambassador to NicaraguaPreviously, he was the Mexican Embassy in Guatemala and Costa Rica, as well as serving on the permanent mission to the Organization of American States. Moreno Toscano has also served as Undersecretary of the United Nations, Africa and the Middle East. Her curriculum also includes a record of being the general director of US regional organizations and multilateral economic relations.

However, not all positions in her professional career are involved in foreign relations, she has worked as the executive secretary Inter-American Women’s Commission, She was also a director of the United Nations International Institute for the Training and Advancement of Women, and a citizen counselor on migration and a member of the advisory board of the National Human Rights Commission. Carmen Toscano studied International Relations at the Colegio de México. At the age of 82, the veteran internationalist arrives to face the challenges that arise for Mexico’s under-secretariat of international relations.

The same communiqué reads the appreciation for the work of Julián Ventura Valero. Marcelo Ebrard shared his appreciation and satisfaction with the work he did: “Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard expresses his appreciation for the excellent work Ambassador Julián Ventura Valero has done on behalf of Mexico and his foreign policy for the last two years, when he also served as a Sherpa in the G-20 and head of the Matías Romero Institute ”.

Within Ambassador Ventura’s career, his participation as a member of the Mexican Foreign Service. He has also held positions as Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Ambassador to China, Undersecretary to North America, Chief of the State Department at the US Embassy and Director General Asia Pacific.

In November 2020, the head of the SRE, Marcelo Ebrard, announced that there would be relevant changes at the secretariat in the 2021 elections in the country. The first change communicated by the Secretary of State was that of Ambassador Juan Carlos Lara Armenta, who will be replaced by Martha Susana Peón Sánchez, a diplomat who accepted the protest as Protocol’s new managing director.

In elections, the party has National regeneration movement (Morena) he will take on the opposition parties united in a political coalition to win bigger votes that will weaken the build-up of the Morena government. Until now, however, the SRE has remained on the sidelines of the electoral question. began making necessary changes so that politicians affiliated with Morena can compete for a position in the 2021 elections.

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