Martí Batres Named Head of ISSSTE, Announces Sheinbaum
Martí Batres Guadarrama, current head of the Government of Mexico City, will serve as the head of the Institute of Security and Social Services for State Workers (ISSSTE) starting October 1, 2024, as announced by President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum.
### Who is Martí Batres Guadarrama?
Martí Batres Guadarrama, 57, was born in Mexico City on January 26, 1967. He holds a Law degree from Universidad Humanitas and is a licensed senator from the Morena legislative group. Previously, he has chaired the Commission of Constitutional Points in the upper house of Congress and served as president of the Board of Directors.
In 1993, Batres was elected as a national advisor for the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). He served on the Executive Committee in Mexico City in 1995 and as president of PRD in the Benito Juárez Delegation in 1996.
Batres held positions as a local deputy in the first Legislature of Mexico City’s Legislative Assembly and as a federal deputy in the LVIII Legislature, where he led the PRD parliamentary group. From April 2005 to December 2006, he was the president of PRD in Mexico City.
In a survey that named Miguel Ángel Mancera as the winner, Batres was a PRD pre-candidate for the head of the Government of the Federal District. On November 18, 2012, he resigned from PRD after 24 years to join the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
On November 20, 2012, Batres was elected with 148 votes by the National Council as the first president of Morena’s National Executive Committee, prompting him to take a leave of indefinite duration from his role as a federal deputy. Additionally, from 2006 to 2011, Batres served as Secretary of Social Development under Marcelo Ebrard’s administration in Mexico City.
Between 2012 and 2015, Batres presided over Morena’s National Executive Committee. He received the National Journalism Award in 2003 for his in-depth articles, an accolade presented by the Journalists Club.
As of July 15, 2021, Batres has been the head of the Government Secretariat in Mexico City. On June 16, 2023, he took the oath of office as the substitute for Claudia Sheinbaum. In an extraordinary session, the plenary of the Board of Directors of Mexico City’s Congress elected Batres with 64 votes in favor and one opposed.
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