Alfredo del Mazo Maza

Alfredo del Mazo Maza (born 5 December 1975) is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and was sworn as the current Governor of the State of Mexico. Members of del Mazo’s family have collectively governed the State of Mexico for 23 years, starting with his grandfather Alfredo del Mazo Vélez (1945-1951); then followed by his father Alfredo del Mazo González (1981-1986) and his cousin Enrique Peña Nieto (2005-2011); adding Arturo Montiel, Peña Nieto’s uncle, the del Mazo family’s rule extends to 29 years.

Del Mazo was born on 5 December 1975 to Alfredo del Mazo González, governor of the State of Mexico between 1981 and 1986; his grandfather, Alfredo del Mazo Vélez, was in turn governor between 1945 and 1951.[2] He is also a cousin of former president and former governor Enrique Peña Nieto.[2] He attended the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and graduated with a degree in business administration, then went on to graduate studies at Harvard University.[3] In his early career, he held several public and private sector positions of a financial nature. He was a Developer of Financial Projects for Grupo Financiero Serfín between 1996 and 1997 and Banco Azteca from 2003 to 2005. He also briefly worked at Pemex between 2000 and 2001.[3]

Del Mazo’s first post in the State of Mexico government was as the director general of small business programs in the Secretariat of Economic Development, from 2005 to 2006; he left that post to serve as the director general of the State of Mexico Entrepreneurship Institute, where he remained for two years before being tapped to serve as the state secretary of tourism.[3] He also became a national political councilor and member of the PRI’s Permanent Political Commission.[3]

In 2009, del Mazo successfully ran for the municipal presidency of Huixquilucan and served a three-year term.[3] When that term ended, newly installed President Peña Nieto placed him in the position of director of Banobras, the National Bank of Public Works and Services.[3] During most of this time, he also presided a committee heading outreach to Congress by the Mexican Federation of Municipalities.[3]