The MORENA party, now Mexico’s dominant party, was founded by Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO). Though AMLO stepped down as leader in 2017 to run for president, as Reuters puts it, “analysts maintain that the party has always been subordinate to the ruler.”
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The current official chairman of MORENA
is Mario Delgado, but he’s been designated
as the next secretary of public education
in the about-to-take-office administration
of Claudia Sheinbaum.
On September 22nd, the MORENA party held its “congreso nacional extraordinario” and there was an election for new leadership.
The new party chairman, to take office on October 1st, is Luisa Maria Alcalde, currently Secretary of the Interior (Gobernación). She was chosen unanimously. In fact it was already known beforehand that the post was hers.
Likewise, Andres Manuel Lopez Beltran, “Andy”, son of AMLO, was named Secretary of Organization.
