Adrián Rubalcava Suárez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rubalcava and the second or maternal family name is Suárez.

Adrián Rubalcava Suárez (born January 29, 1977) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM). He served as borough chief of Cuajimalpa de Morelos from 2012 to 2015 and as mayor of the same district from 2018 to 2024.^[1] Since May 6, 2025, he has been the director of the Collective Transport System (Metro).^[2][3]

Adrián Rubalcava Suárez
Director General of the Collective Transport System
Incumbent
Assumed office May 6, 2025 (2025-05-06)
President	Clara Brugada
Preceded by	Guillermo Calderón Aguilera
Mayor of Cuajimalpa
In office October 1, 2018 – March 1, 2024
Preceded by	Miguel Ángel Salazar Martínez
Succeeded by	Carlos Alberto Gómez Hernández
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District
In office September 15, 2015 – September 14, 2018
Preceded by	Federico Döring Casar
Succeeded by	Eduardo Santillán Pérez
Constituency	District 20
Borough Chief of Cuajimalpa
In office October 1, 2012 – March 6, 2015
Preceded by	Carlos Orvañanos Rea [es]
Succeeded by	Miguel Ángel Salazar Martínez
Personal details
Born	Adrián Rubalcava Suárez (1977-01-29) January 29, 1977 (age 48) Mexico City, Mexico
Political party	Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (2012–2015; since 2024) Institutional Revolutionary Party (2015–2023) Party of the Democratic Revolution (2003–2012)
Education	National Institute of Public Administration (Master’s in Public Administration)
Alma mater	Universidad Anáhuac (LL.B. in Law; 1995–2000)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Public administration and law

Early life

Adrián Rubalcava Suárez was born on January 29, 1977, in Mexico City. He studied law at Universidad Anáhuac and earned a master’s degree in public administration from the National Institute of Public Administration. He is also a graduate of the Marine Infantry Military School in Texas, United States.

He holds diplomas in the Death Penalty or Right to Life and Public Administration, both from Universidad Anáhuac; Public Security from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and Digital Governance from the National Institute of Public Administration (INAP).^[4]

From 2006 to 2008, he served as Legal and Governmental Director of the Federal District, and from 2009 to 2012, he was General Director of Economic Development for the same government.^[5][6]

Political career

In the 2012 Mexico City elections, he was elected borough chief of Cuajimalpa de Morelos with 36.9 % of the vote.^[7] He held the position from October 1, 2012, to September 15, 2015. In the 2015 Mexico City elections, he was elected to the VII Legislature of the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District, representing District 20.^[8]

In the 2018 Mexico City elections, he was elected mayor of Cuajimalpa with 37.6 % of the vote.^[9] In the 2021 Mexico City elections, he was reelected with 63.8% of the vote.^[10] On November 7, 2023, he took a two-week leave of absence to seek his party’s nomination for Head of Government of Mexico City.^[11]

On November 5, 2023, Rubalcava announced his intention to seek the candidacy for Head of Government of Mexico City under the “Va por la CDMX” coalition, composed of the National Action Party (PAN), the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), and the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).^[12] Initially, the coalition planned to choose its candidate via a poll preceded by debates among contenders.^[13]

However, on November 17, the coalition chose PAN's Santiago Taboada as its sole candidate.^[14] The next day, Rubalcava resigned from the PRI in protest over Taboada’s imposition.^[15] On December 14, he joined the presidential campaign of Claudia Sheinbaum, the candidate of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).^[16]