Claudia Ruiz Massieu Salinas, DBE is a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. She served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs following her appointment by President Enrique Peña Nieto in 2015 to which she resigned on 4 January 2017. Previously, she served as Secretary of Tourism from 2012 to 2015, having as a major achievement taking Mexico from the 15th to the 10th place for international tourist arrivals according to WTO. During President Peña Nietos transition period she was in charge of Human Rights and Transparency Affairs. She has also served two terms as Congresswoman, for the LIX and LXI Legislatures of the Mexican Congress.
Personal background
Claudia Ruiz Massieu Salinas is daughter of José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, and niece to former president Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Her father served as Governor for the State of Guerrero, as well as Secretary General of the National Executive Committee of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. She´s a law graduate from the Universidad Iberoamericana, where she achieved her title with the thesis: "Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu's Judiciary Theory on Constitutional and Administrative Law". She holds a master's degree in Comparative Politics by FLACSO Mexico and is currently a Doctorate Candidate in Public Law and Philosophy by the University of Madrid, Spain.
Professional career
Public offices
Ruiz Massieu served two terms as Congresswoman, for the LIX and LXI Legislatures of the Mexican Congress. On January 4, 2007 she was appointed as General Coordinator for Planning, Development and Institutional Innovation at the Attorney General´s Office. And as of 2006 she served as Chief of Staff for the Executive Secretariat of the National Security System on the Secretary of Public Security. During the transition period of President Enrique Peña Nieto as President Elect, she was in charge of Human Rights and Transparency Affairs. After that, on November 30, 2012, President Peña Nieto appointed her as Secretary of Tourism, charge she left on August 21, 2015, when she was named as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, to which she resigned on January 4, 2017.
Academic experience
At the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México she worked as research assistant at the Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas from 1995 to 1997. Then she integrated to the technical academic team on the International Commerce research unit also at the Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas. In 1997 she became a Law professor at Universidad Anahuac Sur.
Electronic and print media
Regular writer at the newspaper El Universal, as personal opinion writer, but also with the column "México Global", during her time as Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
Elected offices
LIX Legislature (2003–2006)
During this time she was part of the following Committees:
