Rocío Nahle

Rocío Nahle
Nahle in 2021
Governor of Veracruz
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 December 2024
Preceded byCuitláhuac García Jiménez
Secretary of Energy
In office
1 December 2018 – 13 October 2023
PresidentAndrés Manuel López Obrador
Preceded byPedro Joaquín Coldwell
Succeeded byMiguel Ángel Maciel Torres
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Veracruz's 11th district
In office
1 September 2015 – 31 August 2018
Preceded byPatricia Guadalupe Peña Recio
Succeeded byFlora Tania Cruz Santos
Senator for Veracruz
In office
1 September 2018 – 27 November 2018
Serving with Ricardo Ahued and Julen Rementería del Puerto
Preceded byAinara Rementería Coello
Succeeded byGloria Sánchez Hernández
Personal details
Born (1964-04-14) 14 April 1964
Río Grande, Zacatecas, Mexico
PartyNational Regeneration Movement (since 2015)
Party of the Democratic Revolution (2007-2015)
Alma materAutonomous University of Zacatecas

Norma Rocío Nahle García[a] (born 14 April 1964) is a Mexican politician and petrochemical engineer, and a member of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena). Currently serving as governor of Veracruz, she was the secretary of energy in the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador from 2018 to 2023; previously, she was a federal deputy for the 11th district of Veracruz, based in Coatzacoalcos, and coordinator of her party's parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies.[1][2]

After winning the 2024 election, she was sworn in as the first woman governor of Veracruz on 1 December the same year.[3]

Professional career

Nahle holds a degree in chemical engineering from the Autonomous University of Zacatecas (UAZ), where she completed her undergraduate studies between 1981 and 1986; she subsequently earned a specialization in petrochemistry from the same university.

She also completed a diploma in chemical process engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and a diploma in economic viability in industrial processes from the Veracruzana University.

Political career

In 2012, she ran as a candidate for federal deputy in the 11th electoral district of Veracruz under the coalition formed by the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), the Labor Party (PT), and Citizens' Movement (MC). She was defeated by Joaquín Caballero Rosiñol of a PRI–PVEM coalition.[4][5]

Federal deputy (2015–2018)

In 2015, she was elected federal deputy for the 11th district of Veracruz and served as coordinator of the Morena parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies.[1][6]

Senator for Veracruz (2018)

In the 2018 federal elections, she was nominated as a candidate for the Senate of Mexico by the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) as the lead candidate with Ricardo Ahued Bardahuil for the state of Veracruz. She won the seat by the principle of relative majority with 48% of the vote. She assumed office in the 64th legislature of the Congress of the Union on 1 September 2018, serving until 27 November of that same year.

Secretary of Energy (2018–2023)

In 2018, she was appointed secretary of energy by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a position held until she resigned in October 2023 in order to run for governor of Veracruz.[7]

Governor of Veracruz

Nahle assumed office as the first woman governor of Veracruz on 1 December 2024 after winning the 2 June election.[3]

Notes

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Perfil: Dip. Norma Rocío Nahle García, LXIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  2. ↑ Méndez, Enrique (24 July 2015). "Rocío Nahle, coordinadora de los diputados de Morena". La Jornada (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  3. 1 2 Morales, Flavia (1 December 2024). "Rocío Nahle asumió como la primera gobernadora en la historia de Veracruz". Proceso. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Resultados preliminares a nivel entidad: Veracruz". IFE. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Perfil: Dip. Joaquín Caballero Rosiñol, LXII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Curricula LXIII". sitl.diputados.gob.mx. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  7. ↑ García, S. (13 October 2023). "Rocío Nahle renuncia a la Secretaría de Energía". Excélsior (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
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