Pedro Joaquín Coldwell

Pedro Joaquin Coldwell
Secretary of Energy
In office
1 December 2012 – 30 November 2018
PresidentEnrique Peña Nieto
Preceded byJordy Herrera Flores
Succeeded byRocío Nahle García
President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party
In office
8 December 2011 – 30 November 2012[1]
Preceded byCristina Díaz
Succeeded byCristina Díaz
Senator for Quintana Roo
In office
1 September 2006 – 31 August 2012
Preceded byAddy Joaquín Coldwell
Succeeded byJorge Emilio González
Secretary of Tourism
In office
5 January 1990 – 14 December 1993
PresidentCarlos Salinas de Gortari
Preceded byCarlos Hank González
Succeeded byJesús Silva Herzog Flores
Governor of Quintana Roo
In office
5 April 1981 – 4 April 1987
Preceded byJesús Martínez Ross
Succeeded byMiguel Borge Martín
Personal details
Born (1950-08-05) 5 August 1950
Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico
PartyInstitutional Revolutionary
Alma materUniversidad Iberoamericana
OccupationLawyer
Politician

Pedro Joaquín Coldwell[a] (born 5 August 1950) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).[2]

Personal life and education

Born in Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Joaquín Coldwell studied law at the Universidad Iberoamericana. He is the son of Nassin Joaquín Ibarra, a businessman from Cozumel. He is of Lebanese[3][4] and English descent. His siblings include Addy Joaquín Coldwell, a former member of the Chamber of Deputies, and Carlos Joaquín González, who was governor of Quintana Roo in 2016–2022.[5]

Political career

Joaquín Coldwell has held various positions within the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and in public service. He served as director general of the National Fund for Tourism Development (FONATUR) from 1988 to 1990 and as the party's general secretary in 1994–1995. From 1979 to 1980, he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies representing the Quintana Roo's 1st congressional district. He later served as governor of Quintana Roo from 1981 to 1987. In 1990, President Carlos Salinas de Gortari appointed him Secretary of Tourism, where he served from 1990 to 1993. Joaquín Coldwell also succeeded Marco Antonio Bernal as Peace and Reconciliation Commissioner in Chiapas. In 1998, President Ernesto Zedillo appointed him Ambassador of Mexico to Cuba.[6]

In the general election held on 2 July 2006, he was elected to the Senate for the PRI, representing the state of Quintana Roo.[7] On 30 November 2012, incoming president Enrique Peña Nieto announced that Joaquín Coldwell was to serve in his cabinet as secretary of energy.[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ In this Mexican name, the surname is Joaquín and the second or maternal family name is Coldwell.

References

  1. ↑ "Coldwell deja la presidencia del PRI para integrarse al gabinete de Peña Nieto" (in Spanish). CNN México. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  2. ↑ Grayson, George W. (2007). Mexican messiah: Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Penn State Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-271-03262-7. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  3. ↑ Presencia de México en el mundo libanés Archived 10 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "El Periódico de Saltillo". Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Muere el padre de Pedro y Carlos Joaquín". López-Dóriga Digital. 17 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Semblanza del Secretario de Energía, Pedro Joaquín Coldwell". Secretariat of Energy. Government of Mexico. 3 December 2012.
  7. ↑ "Perfil: Sen. Pedro Joaquín Coldwell, LX Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "Pedro Joaquín Coldwell: soldado del PRI". Regeneración. 15 June 2014.
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