Who is Roberto Velasco, the person in charge of the Foreign Relations office?

Who is Roberto Velasco?

The SRE office manager, 38 years old, has a degree in Law from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and a master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago.

The Senate of the Republic highlights that the official has written more than fifty articles, columns, reviews and interviews in both Spanish and English on his areas of specialization.

While studying in Chicago, Velasco was editor-in-chief of Chicago Policy Reviewa magazine published by students at the University of Chicago Harris School, and served in the city’s mayor’s office.

Before his career exploded in the Morenoist federal governments, he held positions in the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District, the Miguel Hidalgo delegation and in the Ministry of Economy of the Government of Mexico.

In interviews, the official has highlighted his unconditional support for the movement founded by Andrés Manuel López Obrador. He is one of the characters who went from one Morenoist government to the other.

Career in politics

In 2017, before Morena won the Presidency, Velasco collaborated in the Regional Directorate for North America of the trust of the Government of Enrique Peña Nieto. This trust had the objective of promoting trade and investment.

By July 2018, Velasco was invited by Marcelo Ebrard – whom López Obrador had selected to head the SRE – to help in the transition process between PRI and Morenistas. In December of that same year, he was in charge of Social Communication at the same SRE.

In 2019, then-President López Obrador included Velasco in the delegation in charge of negotiating the tariffs imposed by the first administration of Donald Trump.

According to information from the Government of Mexico, since June 2020, Roberto Velasco coordinated the policy for North America in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), ”leading in this period multiple high-level bilateral and trilateral negotiations on security, human mobility, economy, border and management of shared waters, among others”.

At the beginning of October 2025, President Claudia Sheinbaum proposed Roberto Velasco Álvarez as undersecretary for North America of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE). His appointment was ratified by the Senate.

He is now the dispatch manager for the federal agency.