Aurelio Nuño Mayer
| Aurelio Nuño Mayer | |
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| Secretary of Public Education | |
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Assumed office August 27, 2015 |
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| Appointed by | Enrique Peña Nieto |
| Preceded by | Emilio Chuayffet |
| President's Chief of Staff | |
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In office December 1, 2012 – August 27, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Gerardo Ruiz Mateos |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Guzmán Ortiz |
| Personal details | |
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December 12, 1977 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Political party | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| Alma mater | Ibero-American University |
Aurelio Nuño Mayer KBE (born in Mexico City, December 12, 1977) is a Mexican politician, member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party since 2004 (Partido Revolucionario Institucional, PRI). At the beginning of President Enrique Peña Nieto’s administration, he was designated Chief of Staff to the President. He currently serves as the Secretary of the Department of Education (Secretaría de Educación Pública, SEP).
Aurelio Nuño holds a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and Public Administration from the Ibero-American University (UIA) and a Master of Science in Latin American Studies from Oxford University (St Antony’s College), where he graduated with the thesis “Building a National State ‘without’ taxation: the Political Consequences of the Fiscal Evolution in Mexico after the Armed Revolution, 1920-1930.”
During his time as an undergraduate student, he was President of the Political Science Students Association. At St Antony’s College, he studied with the renowned historian Alan Knight, considered an authority on Mexican history. In an email inquiry, Alan Knight distanced himself from purported affiliation to Aurelio, in the light of teacher massacre in Oaxaca, to which Nuño is seen as responsible.
Mr. Nuño initiated his political career as Vice-coordinator of Strategic Planning for the PRI Parliamentary Group in the Senate, during the 58th and 59th Legislatures. Afterwards, he became Chief of Staff to the former Budget Committee’s Chairman and current Finance Secretary, Luis Videgaray Caso. Mr. Nuño also served as advisor to the then Governor of the State of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto.
Subsequently, he was in charge of communication strategies during Eruviel Ávila Villegas’ campaign for Governor of the State of Mexico and then during Enrique Peña’s Presidential Campaign in 2012. Shortly after, he was assigned the education portfolio in the post-election transition team, where he was also part of the group designated by the President-elect to negotiate a political agreement between the three major parties, the Pact for Mexico (Pacto por México), together with Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, now Secretary of the Interior, and Luis Videgaray Caso.
On December 1, 2012, Aurelio Nuño was named Chief of Staff to the President Enrique Peña Nieto.
During his tenure as Chief of Staff, Mr. Nuño was a member of the Pact for Mexico executive council, where he participated in the negotiations of the 13 structural reforms. He was one of the President’s closest aides responsible for liaising with members of Congress, Senators, and leaders of political parties, as well as with a number of State Governors. For instance, he was designated as the official contact person between the President and the governments of the State of Mexico and the Federal District (now Mexico City).
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