Carlos Manuel Urzúa Macías, who was a member of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's government cabinet for several years, until 2019, was found dead in his home in the office of Mayor Magdalena Contreras in Mexico City, according to capital authorities. Urzúa Macías was Minister of Finance in the government of the then Federal District led by López Obrador from 2000 to 2003. He then served as Minister of Finance and Public Credit in the fourth transformation government until he left the administration in 2019 and joined the opposition front.
Initial information from local authorities says that economist, academic and current cabinet member of opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez was found dead in his home. Urzúa was also a regular contributor to the newspaper El Universal, where this Monday morning he published his column entitled “The President's Contempt for Water”. The same media outlet claims that “unofficially, the former finance minister died in his home after falling from the stairs,” although there is no official confirmation yet.
Carlos Urzúa was born on June 9, 1955 in the state of Aguascalientes. He had a degree in mathematics from the Tecnológico de Monterrey and a master's degree in mathematics from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav) of the Instituto Polité© National Cynic. Since 2004 he has been part of the National Research System (SNI) as a Level III researcher and since 2007 he has also been a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences.
Urzúa joined López Obrador's cabinet after the 2018 elections. He only spent seven months in the current government. He announced his resignation, arguing that he had disagreements with the president's economic management. “Political decisions were made without sufficient support,” the then minister said in July 2019 when he submitted his resignation. He also alleged conflicts of interest and argued that appointments were made to key public administration positions without the necessary experience and knowledge.
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