Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez

Alejandro Encinas
Encinas In 2005
Secretary of the Interior
Acting
In office
16 June 2023 – 19 June 2023
PresidentAndrés Manuel López Obrador
Preceded byAdán Augusto López Hernández
Succeeded byLuisa María Alcalde Luján
Senator of the Republic
In office
1 September 2012 – 31 August 2018
Preceded byUlises Ramírez Núñez
Succeeded byJuan Zepeda Hernández
ConstituencyState of Mexico
4th Head of Government of the Federal District
Substitute
In office
2 August 2005 – 4 December 2006
Preceded byAndrés Manuel López Obrador
Succeeded byMarcelo Ebrard
Government Secretary of the Federal District
In office
21 March 2003 – 2 August 2005
Preceded byJosé Agustín Ortiz Pinchetti
Succeeded byRicardo Ruíz Suárez
Secretary of Economic Development of the Federal District
In office
5 December 2000 – 18 February 2002
Preceded byLeticia Calzada Gómez
Succeeded byJenny Saltiel Cohen
Secretary of the Environment of the Federal District
In office
5 December 1997 – 4 December 2000
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byClaudia Sheinbaum
Personal details
Born (1954-05-13) 13 May 1954
Mexico City
PartyIndependent (2015–present)
Other political
affiliations
PRD (before 2015)
EducationNational Autonomous University of Mexico (BA)
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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).