Marcelo Ebrard

Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón is a Mexican politician who was affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) until 2015. On 1 December 2018 he was appointed Foreign Secretary by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. He has previously served as president of the United Nations Global Network on Safer Cities. He was the successful candidate of the PRD-led electoral alliance to serve as Head of Government of the Federal District in the 2006 Federal District election, a position he held until 2012. He also served as secretary-general of the former Mexican Federal District Department, minister of public security, and minister of social development of the Mexican capital. In 2010, Ebrard was nominated as the "world's best mayor" by the Project World Mayor. From 2009 to 2012, he was the chair of the World Mayors Council on Climate Change.