Miguel Ángel Maciel Torres
Miguel Ángel Maciel Torres (born February 9, 1960) is a Mexican petroleum engineer and politician. He was Secretary of Energy from 2023 to 2024 during the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.[1]
Biography
Miguel Ángel Maciel Torres was born in Valle de Santiago, Guanajuato, in 1960. He studied petroleum engineering at the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) and a master's degree in the same specialty at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He is a member of the College of Petroleum Engineers of Mexico (CIPM), the Association of Petroleum Engineers of Mexico (AIPM) and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).[2]
He worked for Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) for thirty-two years in its exploration and production division. Among his responsibilities were the management of the Burgos integrated project and the management of the Lakach development project. He retired in 2017.
On January 1, 2019, he joined Andrés Manuel López Obrador's cabinet as Undersecretary of Hydrocarbons under the supervision of Secretary of Energy Rocío Nahle.[3] On October 16, 2023, he was appointed Secretary of Energy by President López Obrador following Nahle's resignation.[4]
References
- ^ "¿Quién es Miguel Ángel Maciel Torres, el nuevo secretario de Energía?". El Economista. 2023-10-16. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
- ^ "Miguel Ángel Maciel Torres, nuevo titular de la Sener; ve su perfil". Grupo Milenio (in Spanish). 2023-10-16. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
- ^ "Mtro. Miguel Ángel Maciel Torres | Secretaría de Energía | Gobierno | gob.mx". gob.mx. Archived from the original on 2023-10-18. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
- ^ "AMLO nombra a Ángel Maciel Torres como el nuevo secretario de Energía". El Imparcial (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-04-04.