Marco Antonio Mena Rodríguez

Marco Antonio Mena Rodríguez (born 1969) is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). The governor of Tlaxcala from January 2017 to August 2021, he won the after previously serving in several administrative positions as well as being a deputy in the state congress.

Life Mena Rodríguez was born on July 9, 1968, in Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl to two primary school teachers. He received his undergraduate degree in administration from the Colegio de México, as well as a master's degree in public policy from the University of Chicago; he was the first Mexican to be admitted to the latter program and received a Fulbright–García Robles scholarship to study there.

His first position in civil service was with the SEDESOL, where he championed technical collaboration agreements with various states; during this time, he also was a national delegate from Mexico to the OECD on two occasions in 2001. replacing Ricardo García Portilla, who successfully pursued a seat in the federal Chamber of Deputies.

Gubernatorial elections On January 6, 2016, the PRI unanimously selected Mena to be its gubernatorial candidate in Tlaxcala. His campaign was joined by the PVEM, Nueva Alianza and the Socialist Party in Tlaxcala.

With 189,499 votes (13,000 more than the PRD candidate), Tlaxcala voters elected Mena governor on June 5.

Later career In August 2023, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador appointed Mena Rodríguez to serve as the director general of the National Lottery.

Personal life Mena Rodríguez is married to Sandra Chávez Ruelas, and has two twins, Constanza and Claudio Antonio.