Energy Chief Named Ambassador to U.S.

Energy Secretary Jesus Reyes Heroles has been named Mexico’s new ambassador to the United States. He is expected to be confirmed this month by the Senate, which is dominated by the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI. He will replace Jesus Silva Herzog, the envoy since 1995. Reyes Heroles, 45, is known as a dedicated civil servant and an active PRI member. Before heading the Energy Ministry in 1996, he was a foreign policy advisor to then-President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. He received his doctorate in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.