Gerardo Ruiz Esparza Explained

Secretary of Communications and Transportation
Term Start:December 1, 2012
Term End:November 30, 2018
President:Enrique Peña Nieto
Predecessor:Dionisio Pérez-Jácome Friscione
Successor:Javier Jiménez Espriú
Birth Date:22 April 1949
Birth Place:Mexico City, Mexico
Alma Mater:La Salle University (Mexico)
Autonomous University of Mexico
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Profession:Lawyer
Party:Institutional Revolutionary Party
Footnotes:Ciudad de Mexico
Death Place:Mexico City, Mexico

Gerardo Ruiz Esparza (pronounced as /es/, April 22, 1949[1] – April 1, 2020), was a Mexican attorney and politician who served as the Secretary of Communications and Transportation in the cabinet of Enrique Peña Nieto.

Early life

Born in Mexico City,[2] Ruiz Esparza has a Bachelor of Laws degree from La Salle University, but he also attended Autonomous University of Mexico. After earning his law degree, he studied in the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and received a master's degree in Comparative Law and Public Administration.[3]

Political career

Ruiz Esparza entered politics in 1981, first serving as State of Mexico's deputy secretary of state and secretary of governor. Prior to his deputy secretary role, he was the chief legal advisor of the State of Mexico's Finance Secretariat. From 1999 to 2005, Ruiz Esparza served as Director of Administration of the Federal Electricity Commission. When Enrique Peña Nieto was elected governor of State of Mexico, he chose Ruiz Esparza as Secretary of Communications in the State Government. When Nieto was elected president in 2012 election, Ruiz Esparza was named in the same position in the federal government.

Personal life

Secretary Ruiz Esparza was married to Rocío Noriega Dosal, a teacher. The couple had two children, Karla and Gerardo. He died of a stroke on April 1, 2020.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gerardo Ruiz Esparza . Red Politica . 27 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180615032029/http://www.redpolitica.mx/yopolitico/perfil/gerardo/ruiz-esparza . 15 June 2018 . dead .
  2. Web site: Semblanza del secretario de Comunicaciones y Transportes, Gerardo Ruiz Esparza . Secretaria de Communicacions y Transportes . 27 August 2016.
  3. Web site: Síntesis Curricular Lic. Gerardo Ruiz Esparza . Secretaria de Communicaciones y Transportes . 27 August 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20150410125252/http://www.sct.gob.mx/informacion-general/cv-secretario/ . 10 April 2015 .
  4. https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Fallece-Ruiz-Esparza-ex-secretario-de-Comunicaciones-y-Transportes-20200401-0119.html Ruiz Esparza, former Secretary of Communications and Transportation, dies