Omar García Harfuch
Omar García Harfuch | |
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García Harfuch in 2023 | |
| Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2024 | |
| President | Claudia Sheinbaum |
| Preceded by | Rosa Icela Rodríguez |
| Secretary of Citizen Security of Mexico City | |
| In office 4 October 2019 – 9 September 2023 | |
| Head of Government | Claudia Sheinbaum Martí Batres |
| Preceded by | Jesús Orta Martínez |
| Succeeded by | Pablo Vázquez Camacho |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Omar Hamid García Harfuch 25 February 1982 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico |
| Party | Morena (since 2019) |
| Alma mater | Universidad del Valle de México |
Omar Hamid García Harfuch (born 25 February 1982) is a Mexican politician, public official, lawyer, and former police chief. A member of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), he has served as Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection in the cabinet of President Claudia Sheinbaum since 2024. He served as Secretary of Citizen Security of Mexico City under then-mayor Claudia Sheinbaum from 2019 to 2023.
García Harfuch was a candidate for Mayor of Mexico City in the 2024 election. Despite winning his party's nomination for the position, he was replaced by Clara Brugada as Morena's candidate owing to gender-parity rules.