Mariano Muñoz del Olmo appointed Technical Secretary of the Cabinet

President Claudia Sheinbaum has appointed Mariano Muñoz del Olmo as the new Technical Secretary of the Cabinet. Muñoz del Olmo was presented in Tabasco as a member of the presidential team.

Muñoz del Olmo previously served as the head of the Institutional Projects and Operations Unit of the Agency for Digital Transformation and Telecommunications (ATDT), led by José Antonio Peña Merino. He has a professional history with Peña Merino dating back to their time at the Digital Agency for Public Innovation (ADIP) in Mexico City.

He succeeds Carlos Torres Rosas, who held the position for nearly eight years since December 2018. Torres Rosas, who was also the general coordinator of Welfare Programs, was recently appointed as the director general of Nacional Financiera (Nafin) and the National Bank of Foreign Trade (Bancomext).

The Technical Secretariat of the Cabinet is responsible for monitoring presidential agreements and instructions, as well as supervising the implementation of priority programs and projects across federal agencies.