Mario Delgado (politician)

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

Mario Martín Delgado Carrillo (born 17 June 1972) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA). Delgado Carrillo has served as the Secretary of Public Education in the cabinet of President Claudia Sheinbaum since 1 October 2024. From 5 November 2020 to 30 September 2024 he was the party's president.^[1]

Mario Delgado
Secretary of Public Education
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2024
President	Claudia Sheinbaum
Preceded by	Leticia Ramírez Amaya
President of the National Regeneration Movement
In office 5 November 2020 – 30 September 2024
Preceded by	Alfonso Ramírez Cuéllar
Succeeded by	Luisa María Alcalde Luján
Deputy of the Congress of the Union for the 13th district of Mexico City
In office 1 September 2018 – 5 November 2020
Preceded by	Daniel Ordóñez Hernández
Succeeded by	Óscar Gutiérrez Camacho [es]
Senator of the Congress of the Union from Mexico City
In office 1 September 2012 – 31 August 2018
Preceded by	René Arce Islas
Succeeded by	Citlalli Hernández
Personal details
Born	Mario Martín Delgado Carrillo (1972-06-17) 17 June 1972 (age 53) Colima, Colima, Mexico
Political party	National Regeneration Movement
Other political affiliations	Party of the Democratic Revolution
Education	Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) (BA) University of Essex (MA)
Occupation	Economist

Delgado Carrillo was born in the city of Colima in 1972. He served as a senator for Mexico City from 2012 to 2018 during the 62nd and 63rd sessions of Congress, elected on a Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) ticket.^[2] In the 2018 general election he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as MORENA's candidate in Mexico City's 13th district. On 5 November 2020 he resigned his seat to become president of MORENA and was replaced by his substitute, Óscar Gutiérrez Camacho [es].^[3][4]

On 5 July 2024, president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum announced that Delgado Carrillo was to serve in her cabinet as Secretary of Public Education as of 1 October.^[5]