Roberto Velasco Álvarez

Foreign Minister, Mexico

Roberto Velasco Álvarez was designated as Secretary of Foreign Affairs by President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo on April 1, 2026. Velasco holds a Master's degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago. In 2013, he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Law from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.

From June 2020, Roberto Velasco was responsible for overseeing diplomatic relations with the United States and Canada, serving as head of the North America Unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE). Subsequently, in October 2025, he was appointed by President Sheinbaum as Undersecretary for North America. From December of that same year through early January 2026, he served as acting head of the Mexican Foreign Ministry.

Over the past six years, he has led multiple high-level bilateral and trilateral negotiations on security, human mobility, economic and border issues, and shared water management, among other topics. From December 2018 to May 2020, he served as Director General of Social Communication at the Foreign Ministry.

While completing his master's studies, he was editor-in-chief of the Chicago Policy Review, a magazine published by students at the University of Chicago's Harris School. He also worked in the mayor's office.

Velasco Álvarez also has extensive experience in Mexican federal, state, and local government, including positions at the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District, the Miguel Hidalgo borough, and the Mexican Ministry of Economy.