Enrique Ochoa Reza

In the LXIV Legislature, he was a Federal Congressman and Secretary of the Energy Commission, Secretary of the Justice Commission and Secretary of the Permanent Commission, of the Mexican Congress, during the first recess of the second legislative year. He is also part of Social Security Commission. He was part of the Budget and Public Account Commission for the discussion of the Federal Budget for 2021.

Actively participated in the defense of a federalist and equitable Federal Budget for 2021, both in the commission and in the Plenary.

He spoke out against budget cuts to strategic sectors, states and autonomous organizations. He also pointed out that the Federal Electricity Commission is weakened by the 12% reduction in its budget in 2021.

To attend children with deafness, in the discussion of the 2021 Expenditure Budget, he requested the allocation of additional resources for the ISSSTE, the IMSS and the Health Sector.

In April 2021, Enrique Ochoa Reza presented arguments in the Federal Congress against unconstitutional reforms to the Hydrocarbons Act. These reforms limit free competition by affecting consumers and rescinding permits for the transport, storage and sale of hydrocarbons without due process of law.

Finally, on April 22 and 23, 2021, he objected against Transitory Article 13 of the Organic Law of the Federal Judicial Power. In this Transitory, the term is extended, violating the Constitution, the period of the members and the President of the Federal Judicial Council.

Finally, he requested the inclusion in the Debate Diary of the session of February 23, 2020, in which the Preferred Initiative was discussed, of the Financial Report for the fourth quarter of 2020 presented by CFE to the Mexican Stock Exchange. The foregoing, in order to state for the record that the economic losses of CFE, its level of debt and onerous labor conditions disprove the statements made by Morena's Deputies during the discussion before the Plenary, regarding CFE's debt and payments to suppliers.

According to the Information System on Parliamentary Interventions of the Mexican Congress, Enrique Ochoa Reza is the 5th Congressman, out of 500, with the highest number of participations during the LXIV Legislature (2018 to 2021). He is also a member of the PRI with the highest participations, in the Plenary and in the Commissions, according to data from the same parliamentary information system.

While he was the President of the Party in 2017, Alfredo del Mazo Maza won the election to become the Governor of the State of Mexico and Miguel Riquelme won the election to become the Governor of the State of Coahuila in the 2017 elections.

On August 12, 2017, the Ordinary National Assembly of the Party took place and one of the main agreements reached was to open the doors to civil society, members and followers of the Party, so they could be candidates in the 2018 elections. In this way, it was approved that half of the candidatures were for women and that one in three positions were for young people.

He was a Federal Congressman in the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress, where he served as Secretary of the Energy Commission and Secretary of the Justice Commission. From July 2016 to May 2018, he was the President of the National Executive Committee of PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party). He served as CEO of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), Mexico's state-owned power and natural gas company, from February 2014 to July 2016, and before he served as Undersecretary of Hydrocarbons in the Ministry of Energy (SENER) from December 2012 to February 2014, where he promoted a constitutionally embedded energetic opening.

During his administration, he renewed the Collective Labour Agreement with CFE-SUTERM which cut down the labour liabilities in 160 thousand million pesos. Once the negotiation concluded, CFE reported profits of 106 thousand 846 million pesos in its first semester of 2016, being this the first time since 2010 that the Company reported a positive financial result. Its operating profit was 142,438 million pesos larger (400%) than the loss of 35,592million pesos that the CFE registered in the same period of 2015. When the renewal of The Agreement ended, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit contributed with 160 thousand million pesos which added up 320 thousand million less of the historical labour liabilities of 630 thousand million pesos.

The construction of new gas pipelines in México, due to long-term transportation contracts with CFE, allowed the Electricity Company to use more natural gas to generate power and replace fuel oil and diesel which are expensive and polluting. This resulted in an important reduction in costs. Additionally, the renegotiation of the Collective Labour Agreement in 2016, allowed to reduce the labour liabilities enhancing the finances in the short, medium and long term of CFE. Both policies were achieved during the Administration of Enrique Ochoa Reza, and gave leave to CFE to become a profitable company for the following 4 years, surpassing years of negative results. The net profits obtained by CFE in 2016 were of 76,300 million pesos; in 2017 were of 108, 200 million pesos; in 2018 were of 41, 900 million pesos and in 2019 were of 48,500 million pesos.

In September, 2016, after leaving CFE to become the President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he received 1 million 200 pesos (more or less 64 thousand American dollars in 2017) as settlement. After some questions arose, in December of that year Ochoa decided to donate the exact same amount to the Michou and Mau Foundation which treats burned children and to the UNAM Foundation.

He has been an active member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 1991, and was its president from July 12, 2016, to May 2, 2018.

As he was the only one to register, he accepted the position as President of the CEN of PRI on July 12, 2016. In early October of the same year, he introduced an equal gender integration of his National Executive Committee.

In his first 100 days as President of PRI, he visited the 32 States to talk to members and followers of PRI in order to drive the creation of the Anti-corruption Commission which was approved in October 2016; this commission is in charge of reviewing the profiles of those who want to be candidates of The Party; and to follow up the resolutions of different Mexican Institutions in charge of Public Accountability or Acts of Corruption.

The Highest National Distinction of Guatemala, The Quetzal Order in the degree of Grand Cross in 2016, and The Order of Isabel la Católica, granted by The Kingdom of Spain, in 2015.

On February 10, 2016, he received a mention from the Mayor of Passiac, New Jersey.

In 2015 he was awarded Person of the Year by The Oil & Gas Magazine. In 2014 he received the LP Gas Industry Merit award. He has been presented with different distinctions such as:

In February 2014, he was appointed CEO of the Federal Electricity Commission to replace Francisco Rojas Gutiérrez. As CEO he drove the use of renewable energy sources and natural gas to generate electricity instead of using expensive fuels such as fuel oil and diesel which are contaminants. He also supported the Renewable Energy Auctions and the Clean Energy Certificates (CEL) to increase the generation of renewable energy. Three auctions which drove 74 projects in 15 different States took place. These auctions were internationally recognized due to their transparency and for achieving the lowest competitive prices registered in the world until then. The Clean Energy Certificates were used to reach the goal established in The General Law on Climate Change where 35% of the electricity generated in 2024 should come from clean sources. The Certificates were modified in 2019, compromising its efficiency. He launched 85 projects of infrastructure and gas pipelines through tenders supervised by Mexican Transparency. Those projects translated into investments of 26 thousand 230 million dollars to incentivize the electrical sector under the rules of the energetic opening.

In December 2012, he was appointed Undersecretary of Hydrocarbons in the Ministry of Energy of the Government of the Republic, where he led the technical group that redacted and drove the energetic opening of 2013.

From 2005 to 2012 he was part of the National Network in favour of Oral Trials and Due Legal Process; he was also a member of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue based at Columbia University. Since 2005 he has been a member of the Mexican Council of International Affairs (COMEXI). In 2015 he was appointed vice-president of the Latin American Business Council of The World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland.

From 2005 to 2015 he taught Constitutional Law and Constitutional Theory at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Since 2013, he holds the position of Supernumerary Academic in the Mexican Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation.

He has held different positions in the Party: He has been a member of the Energy Committee of the National Political Council in 2004 and from 2014 to 2015; Delegate of the XIX National Assembly in 2005, of the XX in 2008, of the XXI in 2013, and of the XXII in 2017. He has also been a National Political Councilor in two different occasions, from 2005 to 2006 and from 2013 up to now; Advisor Technical Secretary of Victor's Manuel Tinoco Rubí campaign to become the Governor of Michoacán in 1995. After Manlio Fabio Beltrones left the Presidency of the National Executive Committee of The Party, he was mentioned as one of the possible successors, this rumour was confirmed when he announced his registry before the National Commission of Internal Processes of The Party.

In the beginning of his professional career, what stands out is his experience as the advisor of the Secretary of Energy, Luis Téllez Kuenzler, from 1997 to 1999.

Enrique Ochoa Reza (Morelia, Michoacán; September 1, 1972) is an energy specialist, Ph.D. in Political Science and master's degrees from Columbia University, Lawyer from the UNAM and Economist from ITAM, professor and author.

He was born in Morelia, Michoacán on September 1, 1972. He is the son of Tomás Enrique Ochoa Moguel and Carmen Reza Chávez; he is married to Greta Rojas Sánchez with whom he has a daughter and a son. He is an economist who graduated from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and a lawyer graduated from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He has a master's degree in Political Philosophy, a master's degree in Political Science and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University, where one of his Professors was Joseph Stiglitz who is a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.