Luisa María Alcalde Luján was appointed as Secretary of the Interior by AMLO, recognizing that generational replacement is needed.
By Emmanuel Carrillo | Forbes Mexico | JUN. 19, 2023 | Photo courtesy of MX Presidency
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Monday appointed Luisa María Alcalde Luján as the new head of the Ministry of the Interior (Segob), replacing Adán Augusto López Hernández, who seeks the nomination of Morena, the PT and PVEM, to the Presidency of the Republic.
The still Secretary of Labor and Social Security becomes the second woman to direct the country's internal policy and the first at the age of 35. The federal president considered that his government should give way to generational replacement.
The possession of the position will take place in the middle of the week and will replace Alejandro Encinas, who served as a dispatch manager.
"I think that in the middle of the week, he will begin to agree with Alejandro Encinas, who is the office manager. Luisa María Alcalde Luján. He is young, it is very important to think about the generational change, to give opportunity to young people. In addition, Luisa María is a lawyer, she was already a legislator," said the head of the federal executive.
"Very good job at the Ministry of Labor. With it, they managed to increase the minimum wages, five times only on one occasion there was no consensus. Four years was a consensus (...) it was an agreement, and this was due in a lot to the good performance of Luisa María and other things as well," he added.
Luisa María Alcalde Luján (Mexico City, 1987) has a degree in Law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and a Master's degree in Law from the University of Berkeley California.
She was a research assistant at the Institute of Legal Research of the UNAM, later in 2011 she was National Coordinator of Brunette Young People and Students.
From 2012 to 2015, she was a Federal Deputy in the 62nd legislature, in which she participated as secretary in the Labor and Social Security committee.
He has participated in various publications, including "From minimum wage to living wage," and has collaborated in various print and audiovisual media.
