Francisco Chíguil Figueroa

Francisco Chíguil Figueroa (born 4 October 1961) is a Mexican economist, chemical engineer, and politician. A member of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) who previously belonged to the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), since 8 October 2024 he represents Mexico City in the Senate.

He previously served two terms in the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District and was elected to three terms as the borough chief (later: mayor) of Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City.

Political career Francisco Chíguil was born on 4 October 1961 in San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz. He holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) and a bachelor's and a master's in economics from the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM). In 2015 he completed a doctorate in economics at the IPN.

His political career began in 1997 when he was elected to a three-year term in the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District (ALDF) for the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). In 2000, Gustavo A. Madero borough chief appointed him executive director of economic development in the borough. In 2003 he was elected to a second term in the ALDF. He resigned his position on 25 June 2008 following a human stampede at the New's Divine nightclub in which 12 people were killed.

In 2018, as a member of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), he was elected mayor of Gustavo A. Madero, and he was re-elected for a second consecutive term in 2021. At the same time, his name appeared on the ballot for the Senate election, as the alternate of Omar García Harfuch, the lead candidate of the Sigamos Haciendo Historia coalition in Mexico City.

Sigamos Haciendo Historia won the election in the capital and García Harfuch was duly elected to Mexico City's first Senate seat. However, President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum had previously announced that García Harfuch was to serve in her cabinet as secretary of security and citizen protection and, as his alternate, Chíguil Figueroa was sworn in his stead on 8 October 2024.

In the Senate, he serves on the standing committees for migratory affairs, economic development and entrepreneurship, and parliamentary rules and procedure.

Personal life Francisco Chíguil is married to fellow politician Beatriz Rojas Martínez.