| Rogelio Ramirez de la O | |
| Occupation: | Economist |
| Education: | National Autonomous University of Mexico (BA) University of Cambridge (PhD) |
| Birth Date: | 7 July 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Predecessor: | Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez |
| Term Start: | August 3, 2021 |
| President: | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| Office: | Secretary of the Treasury and Public Credit of Mexico |
Rogelio Ramírez de la O is an economist based in Mexico City. He is designated as finance secretary of Mexico, replacing Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez.[1]
Ramírez de la O received a bachelor's degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and an Economics PhD from Cambridge University, United Kingdom.
Director and sole partner of Ecanal S.A.,[2] a private company which provides macroeconomic analysis and forecasts on Mexico to business, including some of the largest multinational companies with interests in Mexico.[3] During 2006 he headed on an honorary basis the economic policy team of presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador,[4] backed by a coalition of parties including the PRD (Party of the Democratic Revolution).
He has published works in Mexico, the United States and Europe on NAFTA, Mexico’s macroeconomic problems and the Mexican auto industry, among others. In the context of his 2012 presidential election campaign, Andrés Manuel López Obrador included him as Finance Minister in his cabinet proposal, but the party did not win the elections.[5]