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|name = Luis Videgaray Caso |
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⚫ | |office = [[Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)|Secretary of Foreign Affairs]] |
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|caption = Videgaray in 2017 |
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⚫ | |office = [[Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)|Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico]] |
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|president = [[Enrique Peña Nieto]] |
|president = [[Enrique Peña Nieto]] |
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|term_start = 4 January 2017 |
|term_start = 4 January 2017 |
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|predecessor = [[Claudia Ruiz Massieu]] |
|predecessor = [[Claudia Ruiz Massieu]] |
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|successor = [[Marcelo Ebrard]] |
|successor = [[Marcelo Ebrard]] |
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|office1 = [[Secretary of Finance and Public Credit |
|office1 = [[Secretary of Finance and Public Credit|Secretary of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico]] |
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|president1 = [[Enrique Peña Nieto]] |
|president1 = [[Enrique Peña Nieto]] |
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|term_start1 = 1 December 2012 |
|term_start1 = 1 December 2012 |
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|term_end1 = 7 September 2016 |
|term_end1 = 7 September 2016 |
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|predecessor1 = [[José Antonio |
|predecessor1 = [[José Antonio Meade]] |
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|successor1 = [[José Antonio |
|successor1 = [[José Antonio Meade]] |
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|office2 = President of the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party]] of the [[State of Mexico]] |
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|term_start2 = 8 April 2011 |
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|term_end2 = 21 July 2011 |
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|predecessor2 = [[Ricardo Aguilar Castillo]] |
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|successor2 = [[Raúl Domínguez Rex]] |
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|office3 = Member of the [[Congress of the Union]]<br/>Plurinominal |
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|term_start3 = 1 September 2009 |
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|term_end3 = 29 March 2011 |
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|successor3 = [[Silva Fernández Martínez]] |
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|office4 = [[State of Mexico|Secretary of Administration |
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of the State of Mexico]] |
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|term_start4 = 15 September 2005 |
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|term_end4 = 31 March 2009 |
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|governor4 = [[Enrique Peña Nieto]] |
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|predecessor4 = [[Luis Miranda Nava]] |
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|successor4 = [[Raúl Murrieta Cummings]] |
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|8|10|df=y}} |
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|8|10|df=y}} |
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|birth_place = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] |
|birth_place = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] |
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|party = [[Institutional Revolutionary Party |
|party = [[Institutional Revolutionary Party]] |
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|education = [[Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México|Mexico Autonomous |
|education = [[Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México|Mexico Autonomous Technological Institute]]<br>[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Massachusetts Institute of<br>Technology]] |
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'''Luis Videgaray Caso''' (born August |
'''Luis Videgaray Caso''' (born10 August 1968) is a Mexican politician who served as the [[Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)|Secretary of Foreign Affairs]] from 2017 to 2018. Previously he was the [[Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (Mexico)|Secretary of Finance and Public Credit]], also in the cabinet of [[Enrique Peña Nieto]], from 2012 to 2016. Prior to Peña Nieto's victory in the elections, Videgaray was General Coordinator of his campaign for the 2012 Mexican presidential election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oem.com.mx/laprensa/notas/n2381361.htm |title=Presenta Peña a su equipo de campaña; lo encabeza Luis Videgaray |publisher=Oem.com.mx |date= |accessdate=2012-09-15}}</ref> On July 11, 2012, [[Enrique Peña Nieto|Peña Nieto]] announced Videgaray as the person in charge of promoting the economic reforms and the government agenda's related topics,<ref name="Videgaray es nombrado coordinador de políticas públicas.">{{cite web|author=El Universal.|title=Peña Nieto anuncia su equipo de trabajo; Videgaray entre ellos.|url=http://www.redpolitica.mx/ruta-electoral/videgaray-osorio-chong-y-murillo-karam-equipo-de-transicion-de-epn|accessdate=12 July 2012|date=11 July 2012|language=Spanish|quote=Videgaray es nombrado coordinador de políticas públicas.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120714005458/http://www.redpolitica.mx/ruta-electoral/videgaray-osorio-chong-y-murillo-karam-equipo-de-transicion-de-epn|archive-date=14 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> and on September 4, he named Videgaray as co-head of the team that set policy direction for the new government that took office on December 1, 2012. |
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In September 2016, a week after the visit of U.S. Republican Presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]] to Mexico City to meet with President Peña Nieto, Videgaray resigned as finance minister. Videgaray was replaced as finance minister by [[José Antonio Meade Kuribreña]] the man Videgaray had replaced from President [[Felipe Calderón]]'s administration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-finance-minister-steps-down-20160907-snap-story.html|title=Mexican finance minister who played a key role in Trump visit resigns|last=Linthicum|first=Kate|website= |
In September 2016, a week after the visit of U.S. Republican Presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]] to Mexico City to meet with President Peña Nieto, Videgaray resigned as finance minister. Videgaray was replaced as finance minister by [[José Antonio Meade Kuribreña]] the man Videgaray had replaced from President [[Felipe Calderón]]'s administration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-finance-minister-steps-down-20160907-snap-story.html|title=Mexican finance minister who played a key role in Trump visit resigns|last=Linthicum|first=Kate|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=2018-04-13|date=2016-09-07}}</ref> |
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Until June 21, 2011, Videgaray was President of the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party]] ([[Partido Revolucionario Institucional]], PRI) of the [[State of Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/757852.html |title=Videgaray asume presidencia del PRI-Edomex - El Universal - Estado de Mexico |publisher=El Universal |date=2011-04-08 |accessdate=2012-09-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.terra.com.mx/elecciones_2011/articulo/1085364/Videgaray+Caso+nuevo+presidente+del+PRI+mexiquense.htm |title=Videgaray Caso, nuevo presidente del PRI mexiquense - Estado de México - Elecciones 2011 |publisher=Terra |date= |accessdate=2012-09-15}}</ref> He served as Federal Deputy elected by the proportional representation principle for the 5th Circumscription, which includes the states of [[Colima]], [[Michoacán]], [[Hidalgo (state)|Hidalgo]] and the [[State of Mexico]], he was also President of the Budget and Public Account Commission of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress and General Coordinator of [[Eruviel Ávila Villegas|Eruviel Avila's]] campaign for Governor of the [[State of Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oem.com.mx/laprensa/notas/n2019538.htm |title=Luis Videgaray coordinará la campaña de Eruviel Ávila |publisher=Oem.com.mx |date= |accessdate=2012-09-15}}</ref> |
Until June 21, 2011, Videgaray was President of the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party]] ([[Partido Revolucionario Institucional]], PRI) of the [[State of Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/757852.html |title=Videgaray asume presidencia del PRI-Edomex - El Universal - Estado de Mexico |publisher=El Universal |date=2011-04-08 |accessdate=2012-09-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.terra.com.mx/elecciones_2011/articulo/1085364/Videgaray+Caso+nuevo+presidente+del+PRI+mexiquense.htm |title=Videgaray Caso, nuevo presidente del PRI mexiquense - Estado de México - Elecciones 2011 |publisher=Terra |date= |accessdate=2012-09-15}}</ref> He served as Federal Deputy elected by the proportional representation principle for the 5th Circumscription, which includes the states of [[Colima]], [[Michoacán]], [[Hidalgo (state)|Hidalgo]] and the [[State of Mexico]], he was also President of the Budget and Public Account Commission of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress and General Coordinator of [[Eruviel Ávila Villegas|Eruviel Avila's]] campaign for Governor of the [[State of Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oem.com.mx/laprensa/notas/n2019538.htm |title=Luis Videgaray coordinará la campaña de Eruviel Ávila |publisher=Oem.com.mx |date= |accessdate=2012-09-15}}</ref> |
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[[Emilio Lozoya Austin]], former head of PEMEX, accused Videgaray Caso in July [[2020 in Mexico|2020]] of responsibility for a MXN $52 million bribery scandal related to [[Odebrecht]] in 2012-2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=¿Quiénes son y dónde están los implicados por Emilio Lozoya en sobornos? |url=https://politica.expansion.mx/mexico/2020/07/25/quienes-son-y-donde-estan-los-implicados-por-emilio-lozoya-en-sobornos |website=ADNPolítico |accessdate=July 25, 2020 |language=es |date=25 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lozoya revela que sobornó a panistas por órdenes de Peña |url=https://nacion321.com/ciudadanos/emilio-lozoya-revela-que-soborno-a-panistas-por-ordenes-de-pena-y-videgaray |website=Nación321 |accessdate=July 25, 2020 |language=es-MX}}</ref> On 2021 he was [[Judicial disqualification|disqualified]] to take any public role in his country.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Molina|first=Belén Saldívar y Héctor|title=SFP inhabilita por 10 años a Luis Videgaray para ocupar cargos públicos|trans-title=Luis Videgaray disqualified by SFP from holding public roles for 10 years|url=https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/politica/Luis-Videgaray-no-podra-ocupar-cargos-publicos-por-10-anos-por-falsedad-en-declaraciones-20210608-0053.html|access-date=2021-06-08|website=El Economista}}</ref> One month later, Videgaray announced that he would challenge the official decision. In March 2024, the disqualification was unanimously annulled by the Eighteenth Collegiate Court in Administrative Matters of the First Circuit.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> |
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== Early life and education == |
== Early life and education == |
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A native of [[Mexico City]], Videgaray Caso is the son of Luis Videgaray Alzada and Guadalupe Caso. He is also older brother of TV host Eduardo Videgaray Caso. He obtained a [[bachelor's degree]] in [[Economics]] from the [[Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México|Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology]] (''ITAM''). He graduated in 1994 with the thesis "Failure of the market, regulation and incentives: Case of the Mexican port’s privatization.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hammurabi.itam.mx/F/FGJEUKXYPPMNL99RYVX7L2YVL5Y4NRAP7UGUMX26FR9PBDP8LN-02648?func=full-set-set&set_number=050949&set_entry=000011&format=999 |title=Consulted in the『Raúl Bailleres』Library of the ''ITAM'' |publisher=Hammurabi.itam.mx |date= |accessdate=2012-09-15}}</ref> In 1998 he received his [[PhD]] in Economics from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]],<ref>[https://cis.mit.edu/sites/default/files/documents/StarrForum_050318_MexicoUSRelations_0.pdf Speech at MIT, 3 May 2018]</ref> specializing in Public Finances<ref>[http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTMEXICOINSPANISH/Resources/6-5Bio&FotoLuisVidegaray.pdf Ficha curricular de Luis Videgaray].</ref> with the thesis “The fiscal response to oil shocks.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biblioteca.universia.net/autor/Videgaray-Caso,%20Luis,%201968-.html |title=Videgaray Caso Luis 1968 |publisher=Biblioteca.universia.net |date=2011-07-28 |accessdate=2012-09-15}}</ref> Later, he taught classes in the Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology (''ITAM'') and in the [[Universidad Iberoamericana|Ibero-American University]] (''UIA''). |
A native of [[Mexico City]], Videgaray Caso is the son of Luis Videgaray Alzada and Guadalupe Caso. He is also older brother of TV host Eduardo Videgaray Caso. He obtained a [[bachelor's degree]] in [[Economics]] from the [[Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México|Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology]] (''ITAM''). He graduated in 1994 with the thesis "Failure of the market, regulation and incentives: Case of the Mexican port’s privatization.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hammurabi.itam.mx/F/FGJEUKXYPPMNL99RYVX7L2YVL5Y4NRAP7UGUMX26FR9PBDP8LN-02648?func=full-set-set&set_number=050949&set_entry=000011&format=999 |title=Consulted in the『Raúl Bailleres』Library of the ''ITAM'' |publisher=Hammurabi.itam.mx |date= |accessdate=2012-09-15}}</ref> In 1998 he received his [[PhD]] in Economics from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]],<ref>[https://cis.mit.edu/sites/default/files/documents/StarrForum_050318_MexicoUSRelations_0.pdf Speech at MIT, 3 May 2018]</ref> specializing in Public Finances<ref>[http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTMEXICOINSPANISH/Resources/6-5Bio&FotoLuisVidegaray.pdf Ficha curricular de Luis Videgaray].</ref> with the thesis “The fiscal response to oil shocks.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biblioteca.universia.net/autor/Videgaray-Caso,%20Luis,%201968-.html |title=Videgaray Caso Luis 1968 |publisher=Biblioteca.universia.net |date=2011-07-28 |accessdate=2012-09-15}}</ref> Later, he taught classes in the Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology (''ITAM'') and in the [[Universidad Iberoamericana|Ibero-American University]] (''UIA''). |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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During this period, several actions of fiscal discipline and modernization of the public sector were executed. The credit score improved and for the first time, this entity obtained an investment rank. The state's income increased more than 150% by expanding the contributor's base and making more efficient the taxes collection process. |
During this period, several actions of fiscal discipline and modernization of the public sector were executed. The credit score improved and for the first time, this entity obtained an investment rank. The state's income increased more than 150% by expanding the contributor's base and making more efficient the taxes collection process. |
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Additionally, the state's debt of 25,000 million pesos was refinanced in order to be paid in a 25-year term with an interest rate 30% lower.<ref>[http://www.latinfinance.com/Article/1915555/State-of-Mexico-Leads-Jumbo-MXP-Refinance.html#/.V9BAZ66Vr-k "State of Mexico Leads Jumbo MXP Refinance" (subscription required)], ''[[LatinFinance]]'', April 17, 2008. Retrieved 2016-09-07.</ref> Another transaction in the same period—IDEAL's $700 million toll road ABS—obtained recognition in the ''Latin Finance'' magazine for the “2008 Deal of the Year" inaugurating the "Best Sub-Sovereign Financing” category.<ref>[http://www.latinfinance.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=2089539#/.V9GE0vkrJhE "Deals of the Year Results" (subscription required)], ''LatinFinance'', February 1, 2009. Retrieved 2016-09-08.</ref> Also, the state developed one of the country's most complete legal frameworks for providing services and the country's first project under this guidance were executed.{{Citation needed|date=September 2016}} |
Additionally, the state's debt of 25,000 million pesos was refinanced in order to be paid in a 25-year term with an interest rate 30% lower.<ref>[http://www.latinfinance.com/Article/1915555/State-of-Mexico-Leads-Jumbo-MXP-Refinance.html#/.V9BAZ66Vr-k "State of Mexico Leads Jumbo MXP Refinance" (subscription required)], ''[[LatinFinance]]'', April 17, 2008. Retrieved 2016-09-07.</ref> Another transaction in the same period—IDEAL's $700 million toll road ABS—obtained recognition in the ''Latin Finance'' magazine for the “2008 Deal of the Year" inaugurating the "Best Sub-Sovereign Financing” category.<ref>[http://www.latinfinance.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=2089539#/.V9GE0vkrJhE "Deals of the Year Results" (subscription required)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919013515/http://www.latinfinance.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=2089539#/.V9GE0vkrJhE |date=2016-09-19 }}, ''LatinFinance'', February 1, 2009. Retrieved 2016-09-08.</ref> Also, the state developed one of the country's most complete legal frameworks for providing services and the country's first project under this guidance were executed.{{Citation needed|date=September 2016}} |
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=== Federal Deputy === |
=== Federal Deputy === |
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=== Campaign coordinator of Enrique Peña Nieto === |
=== Campaign coordinator of Enrique Peña Nieto === |
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After Eruviel Ávila became governor of the State of Mexico, Luis Videgaray was appointed on December 14, 2011 by Enrique Peña Nieto as his campaign coordinator for the 2012 presidential elections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animalpolitico.com/2011/12/luis-videgaray-nuevo-coordinador-de-campana-de-pena-nieto/#axzz2SSyHjRZy|title=Luis Videgaray, nuevo coordinador de campaña de Peña Nieto {{!}} Animal Político|website=www.animalpolitico.com|language=es-ES|access-date=2018-04-13|date=2011-12-14}}</ref> During the development of that campaign, which began on October 30, 2011 of March 2012, Videgaray was related to the so-called "Monex Case" in which the local banking institution called Monex was allegedly used to buy votes by issuing cash cards that were distributed to targeted sectors of the population.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2012/08/03/politica/005n1pol|title=La Jornada: Videgaray, acusado de triangular fondos|last=C.V.|first=DEMOS, Desarrollo de Medios, S.A. de|work=La Jornada|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es-MX}}</ref> However, the accusations in the case were dismissed as unfounded by the Federal Electoral Institute (today the [[National Electoral Institute]]),<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/898902.html|title=IFE: sólo izquierda rebasó topes de campaña en 2012|last=México|first=El Universal, Compañia Periodística Nacional.|work=El Universal|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es}}</ref> and Videgaray declared his party would abide by the decision of the electoral watchdog.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/politica/acatamos-resolucion-del-ife-en-caso-monex-videgaray.html|title=Acatamos resolución del IFE en caso Monex: Videgaray|website=www.elfinanciero.com.mx|language=es|access-date=2018-04-13}}</ref> |
After Eruviel Ávila became governor of the State of Mexico, Luis Videgaray was appointed on December 14, 2011 by [[Enrique Peña Nieto]] as his campaign coordinator for the 2012 presidential elections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animalpolitico.com/2011/12/luis-videgaray-nuevo-coordinador-de-campana-de-pena-nieto/#axzz2SSyHjRZy|title=Luis Videgaray, nuevo coordinador de campaña de Peña Nieto {{!}} Animal Político|website=www.animalpolitico.com|language=es-ES|access-date=2018-04-13|date=2011-12-14}}</ref> During the development of that campaign, which began on October 30, 2011 of March 2012, Videgaray was related to the so-called "Monex Case" in which the local banking institution called Monex was allegedly used to buy votes by issuing cash cards that were distributed to targeted sectors of the population.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2012/08/03/politica/005n1pol|title=La Jornada: Videgaray, acusado de triangular fondos|last=C.V.|first=DEMOS, Desarrollo de Medios, S.A. de|work=La Jornada|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es-MX}}</ref> However, the accusations in the case were dismissed as unfounded by the Federal Electoral Institute (today the [[National Electoral Institute]]),<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/898902.html|title=IFE: sólo izquierda rebasó topes de campaña en 2012|last=México|first=El Universal, Compañia Periodística Nacional.|work=El Universal|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es}}</ref> and Videgaray declared his party would abide by the decision of the electoral watchdog.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/politica/acatamos-resolucion-del-ife-en-caso-monex-videgaray.html|title=Acatamos resolución del IFE en caso Monex: Videgaray|website=www.elfinanciero.com.mx|language=es|access-date=2018-04-13}}</ref> |
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=== Transition Coordinator === |
=== Transition Coordinator === |
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A few days after Peña Nieto's victory in the presidential elections, he formed a team that would carry out the rapprochement with the different political forces of the country and the preparation towards his inauguration as President. This team was formed by Luis Videgaray, Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong and Jesús Murillo Karam, the first of them as head of "public policies", the second as coordinator of "dialogue and political agreement" and the third as coordinator of "legal affairs".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/313834|title=Arma EPN primer grupo de trabajo con Osorio, Murillo y Videgaray - Proceso|date=2012-07-11|work=Proceso|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es-MX}}</ref> |
A few days after Peña Nieto's victory in the presidential elections, he formed a team that would carry out the rapprochement with the different political forces of the country and the preparation towards his inauguration as President. This team was formed by Luis Videgaray, Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong and Jesús Murillo Karam, the first of them as head of "public policies", the second as coordinator of "dialogue and political agreement" and the third as coordinator of "legal affairs".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/313834|title=Arma EPN primer grupo de trabajo con Osorio, Murillo y Videgaray - Proceso|date=2012-07-11|work=Proceso|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es-MX}}</ref> |
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After that, in September of that year, the president-elect formed a new team of 45 people with aims to easing the transition from the administration of Felipe Calderón Hinojosa to the new government, which would take office on 1 December 2012. Luis Videgaray was appointed as chief coordinator of the team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2012/09/04/pena-nieto-presenta-un-equipo-de-transicion-liderado-por-luis-videgaray|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904225143/http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2012/09/04/pena-nieto-presenta-un-equipo-de-transicion-liderado-por-luis-videgaray| |
After that, in September of that year, the president-elect formed a new team of 45 people with aims to easing the transition from the administration of Felipe Calderón Hinojosa to the new government, which would take office on 1 December 2012. Luis Videgaray was appointed as chief coordinator of the team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2012/09/04/pena-nieto-presenta-un-equipo-de-transicion-liderado-por-luis-videgaray|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904225143/http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2012/09/04/pena-nieto-presenta-un-equipo-de-transicion-liderado-por-luis-videgaray|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-09-04|title=Peña Nieto presenta un equipo de transición liderado por Luis Videgaray - Nacional - CNNMéxico.com|date=2012-09-04|access-date=2018-04-13}}</ref> |
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In this role, he was a key figure in the process leading to important political agreements, known as the Pact for Mexico (Pacto por México). Along with Miguel Osorio, he led the transition team and the Institutional Revolutionary Party at the various meetings where discussions took place with Gustavo Madero and Santiago Creel representing the National Action Party, and Jesús Ortega and Jesús Zambrano for the Party of the Democratic Revolution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pactopormexico.org/como/|title=¿Cómo se logró? » Pacto por México|website=pactopormexico.org|language=es-ES|access-date=2018-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030034054/http://pactopormexico.org/como/|archive-date=2016-10-30| |
In this role, he was a key figure in the process leading to important political agreements, known as the Pact for Mexico (Pacto por México). Along with Miguel Osorio, he led the transition team and the Institutional Revolutionary Party at the various meetings where discussions took place with Gustavo Madero and Santiago Creel representing the National Action Party, and Jesús Ortega and Jesús Zambrano for the Party of the Democratic Revolution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pactopormexico.org/como/|title=¿Cómo se logró? » Pacto por México|website=pactopormexico.org|language=es-ES|access-date=2018-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030034054/http://pactopormexico.org/como/|archive-date=2016-10-30|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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=== Minister of Finance and Public Credit === |
=== Minister of Finance and Public Credit === |
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Videgaray was appointed Minister of Finance and Public Credit at the start of Peña Nieto's term.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/3011/mexico/presentan-gabinete-de-enrique-pena-nieto/|title=Presentan gabinete de Enrique Peña Nieto - Aristegui Noticias|website=aristeguinoticias.com|access-date=2018-04-13}}</ref> In the position, he was one of the promoters of the economic reforms of the government of Peña Nieto. Such is the case of the Financial Reform proposed to the Congress of the Union on April 16, 2013,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com.mx/5-compromisos-del-gobierno-en-la-reforma-financiera/|title=5 compromisos del gobierno en la reforma financiera • Forbes México|last=Contreras|first=Lourdes|date=2013-04-26|work=Forbes México|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es-ES}}</ref> which was promulgated on January 9, 2014,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://expansion.mx/economia/2014/01/09/pena-promulga-la-reforma-financiera|title=Peña promulga la reforma financiera|work=Expansión|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es-MX}}</ref> and the Energy Reform, enacted on 20 December 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.milenio.com/politica/Reforma_energetica-Pemex-petroleo-decreto-entra_en_vigor-DOF_0_212378876.html|title=Entra en vigor hoy la reforma energética|last=Notimex|work=Milenio|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es}}</ref> At the end of Juanyary 2014 Videgaray was named by the London-based magazine The Banker as "Secretary of Finance of the Year" both globally and in Latin America.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/finanzas-cartera/2014/videgaray-finanzas-982753.html|title=Videgaray, 'Secretario de Finanzas del Año'|last=México|first=El Universal, Compañia Periodística Nacional.|work=El Universal|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es}}</ref> |
Videgaray was appointed Minister of Finance and Public Credit at the start of Peña Nieto's term.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/3011/mexico/presentan-gabinete-de-enrique-pena-nieto/|title=Presentan gabinete de Enrique Peña Nieto - Aristegui Noticias|website=aristeguinoticias.com|access-date=2018-04-13}}</ref> In the position, he was one of the promoters of the economic reforms of the government of Peña Nieto. Such is the case of the Financial Reform proposed to the Congress of the Union on April 16, 2013,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com.mx/5-compromisos-del-gobierno-en-la-reforma-financiera/|title=5 compromisos del gobierno en la reforma financiera • Forbes México|last=Contreras|first=Lourdes|date=2013-04-26|work=Forbes México|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es-ES}}</ref> which was promulgated on January 9, 2014,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://expansion.mx/economia/2014/01/09/pena-promulga-la-reforma-financiera|title=Peña promulga la reforma financiera|work=Expansión|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es-MX}}</ref> and the Energy Reform, enacted on 20 December 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.milenio.com/politica/Reforma_energetica-Pemex-petroleo-decreto-entra_en_vigor-DOF_0_212378876.html|title=Entra en vigor hoy la reforma energética|last=Notimex|work=Milenio|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es}}</ref> At the end of Juanyary 2014 Videgaray was named by the London-based magazine The Banker as "Secretary of Finance of the Year" both globally and in Latin America.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/finanzas-cartera/2014/videgaray-finanzas-982753.html|title=Videgaray, 'Secretario de Finanzas del Año'|last=México|first=El Universal, Compañia Periodística Nacional.|work=El Universal|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es}}</ref> |
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Alongside having a track record of spearheading contentious economic and financial reforms, Videgaray Caso was unable to avoid the political fallout of [[Enrique Peña Nieto]]'s meeting with [[Donald Trump]], whilst the latter was still the 2016 Republican presidential candidate. A week after the meeting, Videgaray announced his resignation on September 7, 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/08/world/americas/mexico-finance-minister-luis-videgaray-resigns.html|title=Mexico's Finance Minister Resigns Amid Fallout From Trump Visit| |
Alongside having a track record of spearheading contentious economic and financial reforms, Videgaray Caso was unable to avoid the political fallout of [[Enrique Peña Nieto]]'s meeting with [[Donald Trump]], whilst the latter was still the 2016 Republican presidential candidate. A week after the meeting, Videgaray announced his resignation on September 7, 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/08/world/americas/mexico-finance-minister-luis-videgaray-resigns.html|title=Mexico's Finance Minister Resigns Amid Fallout From Trump Visit|last1=Semple|first1=Kirk|date=2016-09-07|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-04-13|last2=Malkin|first2=Elisabeth|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Following much controversy, the Mexican government revealed that the idea to meet with Trump originated from Videgaray Caso.<ref name="Barrons01" /> |
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[[File:Secretary Pompeo and Mexican Foreign Secretary Videgaray at a Press Availability (28524077977).jpg|thumb|Videgaray speaks in 2018]] |
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On January 4, 2017, before the January 20 inauguration of U.S. President [[Donald Trump|Donald J. Trump]], Videgaray Caso was appointed Secretary (Minister) of Foreign Affairs by President Peña Nieto. With a weakened peso versus the dollar since the U.S. election<ref name="Barrons01">DeFotis, Dimitra, [http://blogs.barrons.com/emergingmarketsdaily/2017/01/05/as-peso-crumbles-mexico-cozies-up-to-trump/ "Mexico Cozies Up To Trump As Peso Crumbles"], ''[[Barron's (newspaper)|Barron's]]'', January 5, 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-14.</ref> and good relations with the incoming U.S. President facilitated in 2016 through [[Jared Kushner]], Videgaray's appointment was deemed by one U.S. publication as "jarring to many in Mexico." The secretary, in his first speech in the position, though, said he would choose neither "a strategy of conflict, confrontations, and even insult, ... [or] a shameful submission." Instead, he said, Mexico would pursue a course of "intelligence and dignity, opening the doors to dialogue."<ref>Woody, Christopher, [http://www.businessinsider.com/mexico-luis-videgaray-foreign-minister-trump-border-wall-2017-1 "Carrots and sticks: Mexico is getting ready to make deals with President Donald Trump"], ''[[Business Insider]]'', January 9, 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-14.</ref> Upon his new appointment Videgaray also addressed a major subject of the Trump campaign - [[ |
On January 4, 2017, before the January 20 inauguration of U.S. President [[Donald Trump|Donald J. Trump]], Videgaray Caso was appointed Secretary (Minister) of Foreign Affairs by President Peña Nieto. With a weakened peso versus the dollar since the U.S. election<ref name="Barrons01">DeFotis, Dimitra, [http://blogs.barrons.com/emergingmarketsdaily/2017/01/05/as-peso-crumbles-mexico-cozies-up-to-trump/ "Mexico Cozies Up To Trump As Peso Crumbles"], ''[[Barron's (newspaper)|Barron's]]'', January 5, 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-14.</ref> and good relations with the incoming U.S. President facilitated in 2016 through [[Jared Kushner]], Videgaray's appointment was deemed by one U.S. publication as "jarring to many in Mexico." The secretary, in his first speech in the position, though, said he would choose neither "a strategy of conflict, confrontations, and even insult, ... [or] a shameful submission." Instead, he said, Mexico would pursue a course of "intelligence and dignity, opening the doors to dialogue."<ref>Woody, Christopher, [http://www.businessinsider.com/mexico-luis-videgaray-foreign-minister-trump-border-wall-2017-1 "Carrots and sticks: Mexico is getting ready to make deals with President Donald Trump"], ''[[Business Insider]]'', January 9, 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-14.</ref> Upon his new appointment Videgaray also addressed a major subject of the Trump campaign - [[Trump wall|a wall]] on the U.S.-Mexican border which Mexico would pay for - stating about the payment "there's no way that could happen." Other issues to be addressed in this context with Mexico's northern neighbor are [[NAFTA]] and U.S.-owned manufacturing plants in Mexico.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-mexico-idUSKBN14U1MO "Mexico again says there is 'no way' it will pay for Trump wall"], ''Reuters'', January 10, 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-14.</ref> On February 9, 2017, [[CBS News]] reported that Mexican officials said Videgaray, with [[Jared Kushner]], helped to rewrite portions of Trump's speech about the U.S.-Mexico border wall, although the [[White House]] denied that assertion.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexican-foreign-minister-helped-re-write-trump-border-wall-speech/ "Mexican FM helped Jared Kushner re-write Trump border wall speech"], ''CBS News'', February 9, 2017. Retrieved 2017-02-9.</ref> |
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As Foreign Secretary Videgaray also maintained an active participation in the negotiation process between the Venezuelan opposition and the government of [[Nicolás Maduro|Nicolas Maduro]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.milenio.com/internacional/luis_videgaray-culpa-nicolas_maduro-crisis-venezuela-mesa_de_negociacion-mud-milenio_0_1113488664.html|title=Videgaray culpa a Maduro por crisis|last=Mercado|first=Omar Brito y Angélica|work=Milenio|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es}}</ref> On the multilateral scenario, Videgaray signed, on behalf of the Government of Mexico, the [[Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons]], the first document of its kind.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2018/01/16/1214000|title=México ratifica ante ONU tratado sobre prohibición de armas nucleares|date=2018-01-16|work=Excélsior|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es}}</ref> |
As Foreign Secretary Videgaray also maintained an active participation in the negotiation process between the Venezuelan opposition and the government of [[Nicolás Maduro|Nicolas Maduro]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.milenio.com/internacional/luis_videgaray-culpa-nicolas_maduro-crisis-venezuela-mesa_de_negociacion-mud-milenio_0_1113488664.html|title=Videgaray culpa a Maduro por crisis|last=Mercado|first=Omar Brito y Angélica|work=Milenio|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es}}</ref> On the multilateral scenario, Videgaray signed, on behalf of the Government of Mexico, the [[Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons]], the first document of its kind.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2018/01/16/1214000|title=México ratifica ante ONU tratado sobre prohibición de armas nucleares|date=2018-01-16|work=Excélsior|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es}}</ref> |
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Under his watch as Secretary of Foreign Relations, Luis Videgaray revamped the law of the Mexican Foreign Service, updating its main provisions regarding tenure, evaluation and benefits,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2017/04/28/1160392|title=Reformas a Ley del Servicio Exterior, importantes y ambiciosas: Videgaray|date=2017-04-28|work=Excélsior|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es}}</ref> an initiative that was approved unanimously by both chambers of the [[Congress of the Union|Mexican Congress]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/politica/camara-de-diputados-aprueba-reformas-la-ley-de-servicio-exterior-mexicano|title=Cámara de diputados aprueba reformas a la Ley de Servicio Exterior Mexicano|date=2018-03-22|work=El Universal|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2018/03/20/1227523|title=Senado aprueba reforma a Ley del Servicio Exterior|date=2018-03-20|work=Excélsior|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es}}</ref> |
Under his watch as Secretary of Foreign Relations, Luis Videgaray revamped the law of the Mexican Foreign Service, updating its main provisions regarding tenure, evaluation and benefits,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2017/04/28/1160392|title=Reformas a Ley del Servicio Exterior, importantes y ambiciosas: Videgaray|date=2017-04-28|work=Excélsior|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es}}</ref> an initiative that was approved unanimously by both chambers of the [[Congress of the Union|Mexican Congress]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/politica/camara-de-diputados-aprueba-reformas-la-ley-de-servicio-exterior-mexicano|title=Cámara de diputados aprueba reformas a la Ley de Servicio Exterior Mexicano|date=2018-03-22|work=El Universal|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2018/03/20/1227523|title=Senado aprueba reforma a Ley del Servicio Exterior|date=2018-03-20|work=Excélsior|access-date=2018-04-13|language=es}}</ref> |
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On May 11, 2021 Luis Videgaray was sanctioned with a disqualification to take any public role in Mexico for ten years (in Spanish: ''inhabilitación'') by [[Secretariat of the Civil Service]]. Videgaray was accused of not declaring his personal assets for three years.<ref name=":0" /> One month later, Videgaray announced that he would challenge the official decision.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Política |first1=Expansión |last2=Luna |first2=Dolores |date=2021-06-08 |title=Luis Videgaray responde que impugnará inhabilitación de Función Pública |url=https://politica.expansion.mx/mexico/2021/06/08/luis-videgaray-caso-impugnara-sancion-de-la-sfp |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=ADNPolítico |language=es}}</ref> In March 2024, the disqualification was unanimously annulled by the Eighteenth Collegiate Court in Administrative Matters of the First Circuit.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=CEPEDA ANAYA |first=MARCO ANTONIO |title=Sentencia del Decimoctavo Tribunal Colegiado en Materia Administrativa |url=https://sise.cjf.gob.mx/SVP/word1.aspx?arch=1148/1148000029608911011.pdf_1&sec=Ma._Areli_Resendiz_Correa&svp=1 }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Template Consulta del Registro de Servidores Pblicos Sancionados @ SFP |url=https://compras.funcionpublica.gob.mx/ConsultaPublicaDGRSP/faces/home.xhtml |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=compras.funcionpublica.gob.mx}}</ref> |
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Luis Videgaray Caso (born 10 August 1968) is a Mexican politician who served as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018. Previously he was the Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, also in the cabinet of Enrique Peña Nieto, from 2012 to 2016. Prior to Peña Nieto's victory in the elections, Videgaray was General Coordinator of his campaign for the 2012 Mexican presidential election.[1] On July 11, 2012, Peña Nieto announced Videgaray as the person in charge of promoting the economic reforms and the government agenda's related topics,[2] and on September 4, he named Videgaray as co-head of the team that set policy direction for the new government that took office on December 1, 2012.
In September 2016, a week after the visit of U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump to Mexico City to meet with President Peña Nieto, Videgaray resigned as finance minister. Videgaray was replaced as finance minister by José Antonio Meade Kuribreña the man Videgaray had replaced from President Felipe Calderón's administration.[3]
Until June 21, 2011, Videgaray was President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional, PRI) of the State of Mexico.[4][5] He served as Federal Deputy elected by the proportional representation principle for the 5th Circumscription, which includes the states of Colima, Michoacán, Hidalgo and the State of Mexico, he was also President of the Budget and Public Account Commission of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress and General Coordinator of Eruviel Avila's campaign for Governor of the State of Mexico.[6]
Emilio Lozoya Austin, former head of PEMEX, accused Videgaray Caso in July 2020 of responsibility for a MXN $52 million bribery scandal related to Odebrecht in 2012-2014.[7][8] On 2021 he was disqualified to take any public role in his country.[9] One month later, Videgaray announced that he would challenge the official decision. In March 2024, the disqualification was unanimously annulled by the Eighteenth Collegiate Court in Administrative Matters of the First Circuit.[10][11]
A native of Mexico City, Videgaray Caso is the son of Luis Videgaray Alzada and Guadalupe Caso. He is also older brother of TV host Eduardo Videgaray Caso. He obtained a bachelor's degreeinEconomics from the Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology (ITAM). He graduated in 1994 with the thesis "Failure of the market, regulation and incentives: Case of the Mexican port’s privatization.”[12] In 1998 he received his PhD in Economics from MIT,[13] specializing in Public Finances[14] with the thesis “The fiscal response to oil shocks.”[15] Later, he taught classes in the Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology (ITAM) and in the Ibero-American University (UIA).
In 1987 he joined the Revolutionary Juvenile Front of the PRI party. From September 16, 2005, to March 31, 2009, he was Secretary of Finance, Planning and Administration in the State of Mexico Government. Between 2008 and 2009 he became National Coordinator of the states’ Finance Secretaries. Before that, he was counselor of the Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, Pedro Aspe Armella (1992–1994), counselor of the Secretary of Energy (1996) and Public Finance Director of Protego Asesores, a consulting company owned by Pedro Aspe Armella (2001–2005) where the project about the public debt financing of the State of Mexico, Sonora, Oaxaca and Durango stands out.
On September 15, 2005, when Enrique Peña Nieto was sworn in as constitutional governor of the State of Mexico, Luis Videgaray was named Secretary of Finance, Planning and Management, position he had for four years. In his own words, the three columns of his administration were “more investment capacity to generate more resources, strong finances and modernization of the administration”.
During this period, several actions of fiscal discipline and modernization of the public sector were executed. The credit score improved and for the first time, this entity obtained an investment rank. The state's income increased more than 150% by expanding the contributor's base and making more efficient the taxes collection process.
Additionally, the state's debt of 25,000 million pesos was refinanced in order to be paid in a 25-year term with an interest rate 30% lower.[16] Another transaction in the same period—IDEAL's $700 million toll road ABS—obtained recognition in the Latin Finance magazine for the “2008 Deal of the Year" inaugurating the "Best Sub-Sovereign Financing” category.[17] Also, the state developed one of the country's most complete legal frameworks for providing services and the country's first project under this guidance were executed.[citation needed]
In 2009, he was elected Federal Deputy under the principle of proportional representation as part of the LXI Legislature of Mexico's Congress. As such he served as president of the Budget and Public Accounts Committee. He held this legislative seat until March 29, 2011, when he requested a leave of absence to serve as political campaign coordinator for the then candidate for Governor of the State of Mexico, Eruviel Ávila. Among the proposals approved during his tenure as congressman in the Chamber of Deputies, were:[18]
Luis Videgaray requested a leave of absence from his seat in Congress in 2011, to coordinate Eruviel Ávila's campaign for governor of the State of Mexico. At the same time, he served as president of the State Steering Committee of the PRI.[19] Eruviel Ávila won the state elections held on July 3, 2011 with 61.47% of the vote, followed by Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez of the PRD with 21.6%, results that were ratified by the electoral authorities despite the challenges entered by the opposition against said results.[20] Videgaray led the campaign until its culmination in the elections of July 3, 2012, which resulted in Enrique Peña Nieto being formally declared[21] president-elect of Mexico on 31 August 2012.
After Eruviel Ávila became governor of the State of Mexico, Luis Videgaray was appointed on December 14, 2011 by Enrique Peña Nieto as his campaign coordinator for the 2012 presidential elections.[22] During the development of that campaign, which began on October 30, 2011 of March 2012, Videgaray was related to the so-called "Monex Case" in which the local banking institution called Monex was allegedly used to buy votes by issuing cash cards that were distributed to targeted sectors of the population.[23] However, the accusations in the case were dismissed as unfounded by the Federal Electoral Institute (today the National Electoral Institute),[24] and Videgaray declared his party would abide by the decision of the electoral watchdog.[25]
A few days after Peña Nieto's victory in the presidential elections, he formed a team that would carry out the rapprochement with the different political forces of the country and the preparation towards his inauguration as President. This team was formed by Luis Videgaray, Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong and Jesús Murillo Karam, the first of them as head of "public policies", the second as coordinator of "dialogue and political agreement" and the third as coordinator of "legal affairs".[26]
After that, in September of that year, the president-elect formed a new team of 45 people with aims to easing the transition from the administration of Felipe Calderón Hinojosa to the new government, which would take office on 1 December 2012. Luis Videgaray was appointed as chief coordinator of the team.[27]
In this role, he was a key figure in the process leading to important political agreements, known as the Pact for Mexico (Pacto por México). Along with Miguel Osorio, he led the transition team and the Institutional Revolutionary Party at the various meetings where discussions took place with Gustavo Madero and Santiago Creel representing the National Action Party, and Jesús Ortega and Jesús Zambrano for the Party of the Democratic Revolution.[28]
Videgaray was appointed Minister of Finance and Public Credit at the start of Peña Nieto's term.[29] In the position, he was one of the promoters of the economic reforms of the government of Peña Nieto. Such is the case of the Financial Reform proposed to the Congress of the Union on April 16, 2013,[30] which was promulgated on January 9, 2014,[31] and the Energy Reform, enacted on 20 December 2013.[32] At the end of Juanyary 2014 Videgaray was named by the London-based magazine The Banker as "Secretary of Finance of the Year" both globally and in Latin America.[33]
Alongside having a track record of spearheading contentious economic and financial reforms, Videgaray Caso was unable to avoid the political fallout of Enrique Peña Nieto's meeting with Donald Trump, whilst the latter was still the 2016 Republican presidential candidate. A week after the meeting, Videgaray announced his resignation on September 7, 2016.[34] Following much controversy, the Mexican government revealed that the idea to meet with Trump originated from Videgaray Caso.[35]
On January 4, 2017, before the January 20 inauguration of U.S. President Donald J. Trump, Videgaray Caso was appointed Secretary (Minister) of Foreign Affairs by President Peña Nieto. With a weakened peso versus the dollar since the U.S. election[35] and good relations with the incoming U.S. President facilitated in 2016 through Jared Kushner, Videgaray's appointment was deemed by one U.S. publication as "jarring to many in Mexico." The secretary, in his first speech in the position, though, said he would choose neither "a strategy of conflict, confrontations, and even insult, ... [or] a shameful submission." Instead, he said, Mexico would pursue a course of "intelligence and dignity, opening the doors to dialogue."[36] Upon his new appointment Videgaray also addressed a major subject of the Trump campaign - a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border which Mexico would pay for - stating about the payment "there's no way that could happen." Other issues to be addressed in this context with Mexico's northern neighbor are NAFTA and U.S.-owned manufacturing plants in Mexico.[37] On February 9, 2017, CBS News reported that Mexican officials said Videgaray, with Jared Kushner, helped to rewrite portions of Trump's speech about the U.S.-Mexico border wall, although the White House denied that assertion.[38]
As Foreign Secretary Videgaray also maintained an active participation in the negotiation process between the Venezuelan opposition and the government of Nicolas Maduro.[39] On the multilateral scenario, Videgaray signed, on behalf of the Government of Mexico, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the first document of its kind.[40]
Under his watch as Secretary of Foreign Relations, Luis Videgaray revamped the law of the Mexican Foreign Service, updating its main provisions regarding tenure, evaluation and benefits,[41] an initiative that was approved unanimously by both chambers of the Mexican Congress.[42][43]
On May 11, 2021 Luis Videgaray was sanctioned with a disqualification to take any public role in Mexico for ten years (in Spanish: inhabilitación) by Secretariat of the Civil Service. Videgaray was accused of not declaring his personal assets for three years.[9] One month later, Videgaray announced that he would challenge the official decision.[44] In March 2024, the disqualification was unanimously annulled by the Eighteenth Collegiate Court in Administrative Matters of the First Circuit.[10][11]
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