José Antonio Meade Kuribreña

José Antonio Meade Kuribreña
Secretary of Social Development
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 August 2015
President	Enrique Peña Nieto
Preceded by	Rosario Robles
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
In office 1 December 2012 – 27 August 2015
President	Enrique Peña Nieto
Preceded by	Patricia Espinosa
Succeeded by	Claudia Ruiz Massieu
Secretary of Finance and Public Credit
In office 9 September 2011 – 30 November 2012
President	Felipe Calderón
Preceded by	Ernesto Cordero Arroyo
Succeeded by	Luis Videgaray Caso
Secretary of Energy
In office 7 January 2011 – 9 September 2011
President	Felipe Calderón
Preceded by	Georgina Kessel
Succeeded by	Jordy Herrera Flores
Personal details
Born	José Antonio Meade Kuribreña 27 February 1969 Mexico City, Mexico
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology National Autonomous University of Mexico Yale University
Website	Government website

Meade (right) with John Kerry and John Baird

José Antonio Meade Kuribreña is a Mexican politician, economist, lawyer and diplomat and current Mexican Secretary of Social Development.

Biography

The Secretary is the son of Dionisio Meade y Garcia de Leon^[1][2] and his wife, daughter of the lawyer and sculptor José Kuri Breña.^[3] The Meade Kuribreña family is a Mexican family of Irish^[4] and Lebanese^[5] descent. Meade served as Secretary of Energy (7 January to 9 September 2011),^[6] then as Secretary of Finance in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón (9 September 2011 to 30 November 2012).^[7]

On December 1, 2012, Meade was named the Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Enrique Peña Nieto. In August 2015, he became the Secretary for Social Development.

In February 2016, the League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 12 in Laredo, Texas, announced that Meade and George P. Bush, the Texas land commissioner, would both receive the titles of "Señor Internacional," a designation used since 1976 to honor distinguished figures in the border region as part of the annual Washington's Birthday Celebration.^[8]

References

1. http://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?Referencia=329
2. http://www.president.usc.edu/usc-honors-mexicos-secretary-of-foreign-affairs-jose-antonio-meade-kuribrena/
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cMc988pRl8
4. "Meade in Limerick: Mexican minister researching his Irish roots". Limerick Leader. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
5. Presencia de México en el mundo libanés
6. SENER (Spanish)
7. "José Antonio Meade Kuribreña". Presidencia de la República. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013. (Spanish)
8. "40th annual Senor Internacional announced". Laredo Morning Times. February 6, 2016. Retrieved February 10, 2016.

External links

José Antonio Meade Kuribreña on Twitter