Alejandro Encinas
Alejandro Encinas in 2015
Secretary of the Interior Acting
In office 16 June 2023 – 19 June 2023
President	Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Preceded by	Adán Augusto López Hernández
Succeeded by	Luisa María Alcalde Luján
Senator for the State of Mexico
In office 1 September 2012 – 31 August 2018
Preceded by	Ulises Ramírez Núñez
Succeeded by	Juan Zepeda Hernández
4th Head of Government of Mexico City
In office 2 August 2005 – 4 December 2006
Preceded by	Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Succeeded by	Marcelo Ebrard
Government Secretary of the Federal District
In office 21 March 2003 – 2 August 2005
Preceded by	José Agustín Ortiz Pinchetti
Succeeded by	Ricardo Ruíz Suárez
Secretary of Economic Development of the Federal District
In office 5 December 2000 – 18 February 2002
Preceded by	Leticia Calzada Gómez
Succeeded by	Jenny Saltiel Cohen
Secretary of the Environment of the Federal District
In office 5 December 1997 – 4 December 2000
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Claudia Sheinbaum
Personal details
Born	(1954-05-13) 13 May 1954 (age 70) Mexico City
Political party	Independent (2015-present)
Other political affiliations	Democratic Revolution (Before 2015)
Residence	State of Mexico
Education	National Autonomous University of Mexico (BA)

Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez (born May 13, 1954)^[1] is a Mexican left-wing politician. He served in the cabinet of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) during his tenure as Head of the Federal Government (Mayor of Mexico City). Encinas succeeded AMLO as Head of Government in 2005 after he resigned to run for president, and served until 2006. In 2023, he was appointed by AMLO to serve as acting Secretary of the Interior. Encinas previously served as a Senator from the State of Mexico.

Encinas is currently a member of Morena. He was previously affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico, the Mexican Socialist Party, and the Mexican Communist Party.

Education

Alejandro Encinas has a degree in economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Career

He is a former researcher of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. He served twice in the Chamber of Deputies (1985–1988 and 1991–1994).

In 2000, he ran for chief administrator (Spanish: delegado) of Álvaro Obregón, a borough of Mexico City. He was defeated by conservative opponent Luis Eduardo Zuno Chavira.

Following Andrés Manuel López Obrador's election as Head of Government of the Federal District (Mayor of Mexico City), he in his cabinet as Minister of Economic Development and as Government Secretary.^[2] After López Obrador resigned to run for president in 2006, Encinas became Head of Government, serving from August 1, 2005, to December 4, 2006.

Encinas provided official support for López Obrador's presidential campaign during the 2006 Mexican general election, and later support of the blockade of avenues in Mexico City.^{[citation needed]}

Encinas represented the State of Mexico in the Senate from 2012 to 2018. He was appointed acting Secretary of the Interior on 16 June 2023 by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.^[3] He was succeeded in the position on 19 June 2023 by Luisa María Alcalde Luján.