Claudia Sheinbaum Unveils Her Incoming Cabinet

Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum named key members of her incoming cabinet, set to take office in October. Former Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard will become economy minister, and Diplomat Juan Ramon de la Fuente will be the new foreign minister. More appointments will be announced next Thursday.

Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday named the first members of her incoming cabinet, who will take office with her in October.

Sheinbaum named former Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, who had run against her in the ruling party's internal race before joining her campaign, to the post of economy minister. He was seen as a business-friendly official under current President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Sheinbaum's mentor. He will take his post in a period during which Sheinbaum has vowed to trim the fiscal deficit and public debt as compared with economic output.

Diplomat Juan Ramon de la Fuente, a political veteran, will take over as foreign minister, Sheinbaum added. Current Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena will take over as environment minister, while Rosaura Ruiz will head a new science and technology ministry and Mexico City Attorney General Ernestina Godoy will join as judicial adviser.

Sheinbaum is set to name more cabinet members next Thursday, she said.

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