AMLO Appoints Bertha Alcalde As The New Head Of ISSSTE; Replaces Pedro Zenteno.

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President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador appointed, since February 19th, 2024, Bertha María Alcalde Luján, as the new director general of the Institute of Social Security and Services for State Workers (ISSSTE), replacing Pedro Mario Zenteno Santaella.

“As the new General Director of ISSSTE, Bertha Alcalde continues the transformation of the organization to consolidate the strategy of new and improved medical facilities, reduction of backlog, maintenance of clinics and hospitals, supply of medications, and modernization of the 21 insurances, services, and benefits for 13.8 million beneficiaries, in order to guarantee the right to health and quality care for the government workers and their families,” stated the Government of Mexico through a press release, released on February 28, 2024.

Pedro Mario Zenteno Santaella was appointed as the new Director General of the Institute of Social Security and Services for State Workers (ISSSTE) on November 30, 2021, replacing Luis Antonio Ramírez Pineda, who was in turn appointed as the new head of Nacional Financiera (NAFIN) and the National Bank of Foreign Trade (BANCOMEXT), both under the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP).

Who is Bertha Maria Alcalde Lujan?

Bertha María Alcalde Luján, 37 years old, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and a Masters in Legal Studies from the University of New York, where she specialized in Criminal Law and Comparative Law.

The federal official is the daughter of Arturo Alcalde Justiniani, a labor lawyer and representative of unions, in addition to being the sister of Luisa María Alcalde Luján, former head of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS) and current head of the Ministry of the Interior (SEGOB) of the Federal Government.

Likewise, she is the daughter of Bertha Luján Uranga, former head of the Federal District’s Comptroller’s Office during the Administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2000-2006) and president of the National Council of Morena, from November 20, 2015 to October 18, 2019.

Starting in 2015, she worked as a litigator, teacher, and consultant on issues of reorganization, institutional design, and evaluation of security and criminal justice institutions.

During 2019, she worked as the deputy executive secretary of the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP). Afterwards, she became the head of the General Unit of Legal Affairs and Transparency of the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), an institution where she also served as the general director of Legal Support.

Afterwards, from November 16, 2020 to August 3, 2021, she served as federal delegate for the Development Programs for Well-being in the state of Chihuahua, where, among other things, she coordinated the vaccination strategy in the state.

At the beginning of 2023 she was a candidate for counselor of the General Council of the National Electoral Institute (INE), but she was not elected. In addition, towards the end of the same year, she was also considered as a candidate to fill the vacancy left by Arturo Fernando Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea, who had resigned as a justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN).

From September 16, 2021 to February 19, 2024, she served as the Commissioner of Sanitary Operation for the Federal Commission for Protection Against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris), where she was in charge of inspecting and monitoring hospitals, medications, and medical supplies, among other responsibilities.

Who is Pedro Zenteno Santaella?

Pedro Zenteno Santaella is a homeopathic surgeon, graduated from the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), specialized in geriatrics. From 2000 to 2005 he was the general director of Administration in the Government of the Federal District, during the Administration of López Obrador. From 2012 to 2014 he was the leader of Morena in the State of Mexico and president of the State Executive Committee of said political party, from 2014 to 2015.

He also served as a federal deputy with license for District 37. He also served, at the end of 2018, as the general director of the Administrative and Financial Unit of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS). He held the same position at the ISSSTE from January 2019 to September 6, 2020, when he assumed the position of general director of BIRMEX.

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