Tatiana Clouthier Carrillo

Tatiana Clouthier Carillo (born August 12, 1964) is a Mexican educator, politician and writer. From December 8, 2020 to October 6, 2022, she served as the head of the Secretariat of Economy of Mexico appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Clouthier came to national attention in Mexico as the 2018 presidential campaign manager for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. She was particularly prominent on social media during the campaign. She is one of three children to go into politics.

Although she comes from a well-to-do agricultural family, she went to public schools, such as the General Ángel Flores public school in Culiacán. She has also taken various extracurricular courses in education, teaching, human right and civics, at schools such as the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University. She is married to José Martínez and the couple have two children. She articulated and promoted the potential benefits of electing Andrés Manuel López Obrador to the Presidency of Mexico.

Despite her history, her choice to support López Obrador came as a surprise to her family. One of her sisters once told her that if Twitter did not exist, Clouthier would have invented it. She discovered Twitter during her work with various civic organizations, as a way to reach the public quickly. Then she began using it for lower-level political campaigns, especially for recruiting. She likes the platform because it is immediate, short and direct, considering it a natural ally for the campaign. She directs a team responsible for social media messaging, focused on pushing the campaign's narrative and defending against attacks by other candidates.

Her success in this area has moved her into the spotlight, now appearing more traditional media, and other more traditional publicity moves. She boarded the Metro in Mexico City to pass out flyers among riders along with the Regeneración newspaper. In Buzzfeed News, she stated that she should not be called a feminist because the term "is out of fashion as such" (está pasado de moda como tal) and for her, it is not about creating spaces for women in the workplace but rather that women have access to services they need for their families, such as childcare. The statement caused some controversy.

She was relatively unknown at the start of López Obrador's campaign, but became one of its main protagonists, becoming an icon.

After campaign of Andrés Manuel López Obrador After receiving offers to be part of the Andrés Manuel López Obrador's cabinet, Tatiana Clouthier chose to be a Proportional Representation Deputy for the Chamber of Deputies, a position she held from December 1, 2018 to December 7, 2020. On that date she was appointed by López Obrador as Secretary of Economy.

Publications Clouthier has written for various publications. She coedited the Cuaderno de Trabajo de Cultura de la Legalidad, had a column with the El Financiero, Reporte Indigo and Periódico Noroeste newspapers and wrote for the Players of Life magazine from 2010 to 2014.

Clouthier has published five books:

Crónica de un fraude anunciado with Jesús Cantú and Cuahutémoc Rivera (1992) Maquío Mi Padre (2006) Una visión del Congreso (2006) Parejas Parejas with Valeria Guerra (2017) Juntos hicimos historia (2018)