Birth Date: | 1964 4, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Río Grande, Zacatecas, Mexico |
Governor-elect of Veracruz | |
Predecessor: | Cuitláhuac García Jiménez |
Office2: | Secretary of Energy |
Alma Mater: | Autonomous University of Zacatecas |
Party: | National Regeneration Movement |
Termstart2: | 1 December 2018 |
Termend2: | 13 October 2023 |
President2: | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
Predecessor2: | Pedro Joaquín Coldwell |
Norma Rocío Nahle García (born 14 April 1964) is a Mexican politician and petrochemical engineer, and a member of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena). She was the Secretary of Energy in the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador from 2018 to 2023; previously, she was a federal deputy for the 11th district of Veracruz, based in Coatzacoalcos, and coordinator of her party's parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies.[1] [2]
She is the governor-elect of Veracruz after winning the 2024 elections; once she has taken office, she will become the first woman and the first person not born in the state to serve as governor.[3]