Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez
Alejandro Encinas | |
|---|---|
Encinas In 2005 | |
| Secretary of the Interior | |
Acting | |
| In office 16 June 2023 – 19 June 2023 | |
| President | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| Preceded by | Adán Augusto López Hernández |
| Succeeded by | Luisa María Alcalde Luján |
| Senator of the Republic | |
| In office 1 September 2012 – 31 August 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Ulises Ramírez Núñez |
| Succeeded by | Juan Zepeda Hernández |
| Constituency | State of Mexico |
| 4th Head of Government of the Federal District | |
Substitute | |
| In office 2 August 2005 – 4 December 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| Succeeded by | Marcelo Ebrard |
| Government Secretary of the Federal District | |
| In office 21 March 2003 – 2 August 2005 | |
| Preceded by | José Agustín Ortiz Pinchetti |
| Succeeded by | Ricardo Ruíz Suárez |
| Secretary of Economic Development of the Federal District | |
| In office 5 December 2000 – 18 February 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Leticia Calzada Gómez |
| Succeeded by | Jenny Saltiel Cohen |
| Secretary of the Environment of the Federal District | |
| In office 5 December 1997 – 4 December 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Claudia Sheinbaum |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 May 1954 Mexico City |
| Party | Independent (2015–present) |
| Other political affiliations | PRD (before 2015) |
| Education | National Autonomous University of Mexico (BA) |
Alejandro de Jesús Encinas Rodríguez (born 13 May 1954) is a Mexican left-wing politician. He served in the cabinet of Andrés Manuel López Obrador during his tenure as head of government of the Federal District. Encinas succeeded López Obrador as head of government in 2005 after he resigned to run for president, and served until 2006. In 2023, he was appointed by López Obrador to serve as acting secretary of the interior in the federal government. Encinas previously served as a senator from the State of Mexico.
Encinas is currently a member of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena). He was previously affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico (PSUM), the Mexican Socialist Party (PMS), and the Mexican Communist Party (PCM).