Zoé Alejandro Robledo Aburto (born 9 January 1979) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).

Zoé Robledo
Robledo in 2019
Director of the
Mexican Social Security Institute
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Preceded byGermán Martínez Cázares
Deputy of the Congress of the Union
for the 6th district of Chiapas
In office
1 September 2018 – 8 November 2018
Preceded byJorge Álvarez López
Succeeded byRaúl Eduardo Bonifaz Moedano
Senator of the Congress of the Union
for Chiapas
In office
1 September 2012 – 31 August 2018
Preceded byRubén Velázquez López
Succeeded byVacant
Personal details
Born (1979-01-09) 9 January 1979 (age 45)
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico
Political partyMORENA
OccupationSenator

Robledo Aburto was born in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, in 1979.[1] He earned a first degree in political science from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) and a masters in law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).[2]

In the 2012 general election he was elected to the Senate for the state of Chiapas on the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) ticket,[1] and in the 2018 general election he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent the sixth district of Chiapas for Morena.[3]

He was appointed Undersecretary of the Interior in December 2018. On 22 May 2019 President Andrés Manuel López Obrador named him director of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), after the resignation of Germán Martínez Cázares.[4]

On 7 June 2020, it was reported that Robledo Aburto had contracted COVID-19.[5]

President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum announced on 25 July 2024 that Robledo would continue as director of the IMSS under her administration.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Perfil: Sen. Zoé Alejandro Robledo Aburto, LXII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) (in Spanish). SEGOB. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b López-Castro, Fernanda (25 July 2024). "Quién es Zoé Robledo, el director del IMSS que continuará al frente del Seguro Social en sexenio de Sheinbaum" (in Spanish). Infobae. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Zoé Alejandro Robledo Aburto, LXIV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) (in Spanish). SEGOB. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Zoé Robledo será el nuevo director del IMSS, anuncia AMLO" [Zoé Robledo will be the new director of IMSS, announces AMLO] (in Spanish). Uno TV. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Además de Zoé Robledo, otros tres altos funcionarios del IMSS tienen COVID-19". infobae (in Spanish). 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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