Hector Castro Vizcarra

Representative Ministry of Energy, Embassy of Mexico

Mr. Hector Castro Vizcarra was appointed on June 2014 as Mexico’s Ministry of Energy Representative at the Embassy of Mexico to the United States.

Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Castro Vizcarra worked at the Electoral Court of the Federal District in Mexico City, the Ministry of Health’s Directorate General of Legal Affairs, the National Council for Education Promotion, and in bilateral bodies such as the US/Mexico Border Health Commission. Besides the public sector, Mr. Castro Vizcarra has held positions in the private sector at several prestigious Mexican law firms, as well as the academic sector in which he published several academic papers and taught at the Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City and the Autonomous University of Baja California. He was also a political analyst for a Mexican newspaper.

Mr. Castro obtained a law degree from Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City and studied Strategic Political Analysis at CIDE (Center for Economic Research and Teaching) in Mexico City, as well as Political Communication at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Currently, he is a PhD Candidate in Government and Political Administration at Complutense University of Madrid.

Mr. Castro Vizcarra has participated in several forums explaining the new Mexican energy model such as the Council of the Americas, Wilson Center, MIT, The Minnesota International Center; and other entities. As well he is involved in the bilateral agenda with the United States Government on energy policies.