Pablo Escudero Morales Explained

Office:President of the Senate of Mexico
Term Start:1 September 2016
Term End:31 August 2017
Predecessor:Roberto Gil Zuarth
Successor:Ernesto Cordero Arroyo
Office2:Senator of the Congress of the Union
from Mexico City
Term Start2:1 September 2012
Term End2:1 September 2018
Predecessor2:Federico Döring
Successor2:Emilio Álvarez Icaza
Office3:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
from the Federal District
Term Start3:1 September 2009
Term End3:31 August 2012
Constituency3:4th electoral region
Birth Date:6 July 1973
Birth Place:Mexico City, Mexico
Spouse:Sylvana Beltrones Sánchez
Alma Mater:Anahuac University
Occupation:Lawyer
Party:PVEM

Pablo Escudero Morales (born July 6, 1973) is a Mexican politician and lawyer, member of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) and former federal deputy and senator. From 2016 to 2017, he served as President of the Senate of Mexico.

Studies and professional career

Pablo Escudero graduated with a law degree from the Universidad Anáhuac and a master's in public administration from the National Institute of Public Administration in Madrid, Spain.[1]

He began his career in public administration in 1997 as the coordinator of the program for responsibilities of public servants of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS). After leaving in 2000, he returned to the IMSS the next year as private secretary to the comptroller. After brief stints at Pemex and the Secretariat of the Civil Service, he moved to the National Human Rights Commission, where from 2003 to 2005 he served as private secretary to CNDH president José Luis Soberanes Fernández; he then was the CNDH's secretary of administration until 2006 and senior officer of the institution from 2006 to 2009.

Legislative career

In 2009, he was elected as a proportional representation federal deputy from the PVEM to the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress year 2012. In this legislature, he was president of the Civil Service Commission and secretary of the Oversight Commission for the Superior Auditor of the Federation and National Defense Commission.

In 2012, he was nominated by the coalition of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and PVEM as part of its senatorial ticket for the Federal District. The ticket placed second, and Escudero was elected as the minority senator from the Federal District for the LXII and LXIII Legislatures. He served as chair of the Anti-Corruption and Citizen Participation Commission and member of commissions on Human Rights, the Federal District and Constitutional Points.

On August 31, 2016, he was elected President of the Senate for a six-month term.[2]

Personal life

Pablo Escudero is married to Sylvana Beltrones Sanchez, daughter of PRI politician Manlio Fabio Beltrones.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Perfil del legislador (LXIII Legislatura). 2018. May 9, 2021. Sistema de Información Legislativa.
  2. News: Rueda . Rivelino . 2016-08-31 . Pablo Escudero es electo como nuevo presidente del Senado . es . El Financiero . 2021-05-09.
  3. News: Ramos Pérez . Jorge . 2016-09-01 . "El parentesco no alcanza para cargos": Pablo Escudero . es . El Universal . 2021-05-09.