AMBASSADOR EDUARDO MEDINA MORA PRESENTS HIS DIPLOMATIC CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

Eduardo Medina Mora presented his diplomatic credentials to President Barack Obama today accrediting him as Mexico’s ambassador in the United States.

During the ceremony at the White House, Ambassador Medina Mora conveyed the greetings of President Enrique Peña Nieto to President Obama and stressed his determination to further the priorities of the Mexican government across the wide range of bilateral issues that comprise the Mexico-U.S. relationship.

After receiving Ambassador Medina Mora’s diplomatic credentials, President Obama said that "our prosperity and future economic growth will depend more and more on our ability to work together in order to increase trade, strengthen our competitiveness and effectively manage our border."

 Ambassador Eduardo Medina Mora was born in Mexico City on January 30, 1957. He holds a law degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). From November 2009 to earlier this month, he served as Ambassador to the United Kingdom and as Permanent Representative of Mexico to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), to which he was elected President of the General Assembly for 2011-2013, the International Coffee Organization, the International Sugar Organization and the International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO).

During his public service career, he has served as Attorney General (2006-2009), Public Security Secretary (2005-2006) and Director General of the Center for Investigation and National Security, CISEN (2000-2005). He was a member of the Public Security Cabinet and National Security Council (2000-2009) and chaired the National Public Security Council (2005-2006).

In the private sector, Ambassador Medina Mora was Deputy Director of Grupo DESC, SA de CV (1991-2000). He was also the coordinator of the legal team that advised the Mexican government on the negotiations for the North America Free Trade Agreement and its side agreements; Legal Advisor for the  National Agricultural Council and member of its Executive Committee and National Advisor of the Business Council.

He is a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs of the United Kingdom (Chatham House), the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), the Mexican Bar Association, the National College of Lawyers and the American Bar Association.

Ambassador Medina Mora is married and has three children.