Ex-AG Gertz Manero to serve as Mexico’s ambassador to UK

President Claudia Sheinbaum revealed connected Wednesday that erstwhile lawyer wide Alejandro Gertz Manero would service arsenic Mexico’s adjacent ambassador to the United Kingdom.

“He’s going to Great Britain, to England,” Sheinbaum told her greeting property conference.

She said that the United Kingdom has fixed its “consent” to the assignment of Gertz arsenic Mexico’s ambassador, but noted that the Mexican Senate inactive has to o.k. it.

“After [that] helium would go. Later, we’ll springiness you the date,” Sheinbaum said.

Gertz, 86, resigned arsenic national lawyer wide successful precocious November, 2 years earlier his nine-year word was owed to end. His astir 7 years successful the occupation were marked by controversy, including owed to claims helium misused his presumption for personal reasons.

Gertz was replaced by Ernestina Godoy, who served arsenic Sheinbaum’s apical ineligible advisor earlier becoming lawyer general.

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Various media outlets reported past twelvemonth that Gertz would go Mexico’s ambassador to Germany, but the authorities ne'er confirmed that was the case.

“Soon we’re going to accidental wherever he’s going due to the fact that determination has to beryllium a process betwixt the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the [host] country,” Sheinbaum said connected Nov. 28.

“Until the credentials are accepted, [the big country] can’t beryllium announced, that’s a rule,” she said.

If his assignment is approved by the Senate, Gertz volition regenerate erstwhile situation curate Josefa González-Blanco Ortiz-Mena arsenic Mexico’s ambassador to the United Kingdom. She assumed her duties arsenic ambassador successful April 2021.

Almost 2 years earlier that, González-Blanco resigned arsenic situation curate after causing the hold of a commercialized hose formation and triggering a backlash connected societal media. She had been successful the occupation for little than six months.

In his resignation letter, Gertz wrote that the connection that helium beryllium appointed arsenic an ambassador would let him to proceed serving his country.

During his agelong career, the Mexico City autochthonal has worked arsenic a lawyer and an academic, and served arsenic national information curate during the presidency of Vicente Fox (2000-06) earlier becoming a national lawman successful 2009.

Mexico News Daily