| Alejandro Encinas | |
| Birth Date: | 13 May 1954 |
| Birth Place: | Mexico City |
| Residence: | State of Mexico |
| Office: | Secretary of the Interior |
| President: | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| Term Start: | 16 June 2023 |
| Term End: | 19 June 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Adán Augusto López Hernández |
| Successor: | Luisa María Alcalde Luján |
| Office2: | Senator for the State of Mexico |
| Term Start2: | 1 September 2012 |
| Term End2: | 31 August 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Ulises Ramírez Núñez |
| Successor2: | Juan Zepeda Hernández |
| Office3: | Head of Government of Mexico City |
| Order3: | 4th |
| Term Start3: | 2 August 2005 |
| Term End3: | 4 December 2006 |
| Predecessor3: | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| Successor3: | Marcelo Ebrard |
| Office4: | Government Secretary of the Federal District |
| Term Start4: | 21 March 2003 |
| Term End4: | 2 August 2005 |
| Predecessor4: | José Agustín Ortiz Pinchetti |
| Successor4: | Ricardo Ruíz Suárez |
| Office5: | Secretary of Economic Development of the Federal District |
| Term Start5: | 5 December 2000 |
| Term End5: | 18 February 2002 |
| Predecessor5: | Leticia Calzada Gómez |
| Successor5: | Jenny Saltiel Cohen |
| Office6: | Secretary of the Environment of the Federal District |
| Term Start6: | 5 December 1997 |
| Term End6: | 4 December 2000 |
| Predecessor6: | Position established |
| Successor6: | Claudia Sheinbaum |
| Party: | Independent (2015-present) |
| Otherparty: | Democratic Revolution (Before 2015) |
| Education: | National Autonomous University of Mexico (BA) |
Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez (born May 13, 1954)[1] is a Mexican left-wing politician. He served in the cabinet of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) during his tenure as Head of the Federal Government (Mayor of Mexico City). Encinas succeeded AMLO as Head of Government in 2005 after he resigned to run for president, and served until 2006. In 2023, he was appointed by AMLO to serve as acting Secretary of the Interior. Encinas previously served as a Senator from the State of Mexico.
Encinas is currently a member of Morena. He was previously affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico, the Mexican Socialist Party, and the Mexican Communist Party.
Alejandro Encinas has a degree in economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
He is a former researcher of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. He served twice in the Chamber of Deputies (1985 - 1988 and 1991 - 1994).
In 2000, he ran for chief administrator (Spanish; Castilian: delegado|links=no) of Álvaro Obregón, a borough of Mexico City. He was defeated by conservative opponent Luis Eduardo Zuno Chavira.
Following Andrés Manuel López Obrador's election as Head of Government of the Federal District (Mayor of Mexico City), he in his cabinet as Minister of Economic Development and as Government Secretary.[2] After López Obrador resigned to run for president in 2006, Encinas became Head of Government, serving from August 1, 2005, to December 4, 2006.
Encinas provided official support for López Obrador's presidential campaign during the 2006 Mexican general election, and later support of the blockade of avenues in Mexico City.
Encinas represented the State of Mexico in the Senate from 2012 to 2018. He was appointed acting Secretary of the Interior on 16 June 2023 by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.[3] He was succeeded in the position on 19 June 2023 by Luisa María Alcalde Luján.