Genaro García Luna

Genaro García Luna (born July 10, 1968 in Mexico City) is a Mexican politician and engineer. He serves as Secretary of Public Safety in the Mexican Executive Cabinet.

He holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana and a Diploma Course in Strategic Planning at the Accountancy and Administration Faculty of the National University of Mexico.

His career

* From 1989 onwards, he was employed by the Center for Research and National Security (CISEN) as a researcher in the Sub-Department of Foreign Affairs.
* From 1998 to late 2000, García Luna was General Intelligence Coordinator for Prevention in the Federal Preventive Police Force.
* He has held a number of posts and commissions, such as Technical Secretary for the Sub-Committee for the Prevention of Arms Dealing, Explosives and Munitions, a position in which he coordinated joint actions with the organizations comprising the Sub-Committee for the Top Level Mexico-United States Contact Group, and drafted and implemented the Manual for the Identification and Tracking of Arms and Explosives.
* He also acted as Coordinator of the CISEN Unit of Terrorism Investigation, and is a member of the 24th Generation of the National Executive Institute, a diploma course offered by the US Department of Justice.
* Head of the Federal Investigation Agency.
* Since December 1, 2006, Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderón named Mr. García Luna, Secretary of Public Safety.

ee also

*Mexican Executive Cabinet
*Felipe Calderón Hinojosa

Further reading

*cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/magazine/13officer-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin|title=The Long War of Genaro García Luna|last=Kurtz-Phelan|first=Daniel|date=2008-07-13|publisher=The New York Times Magazine|accessdate=2008-07-18

External links

* [http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/en/ Mexico - Presidency of the Republic Website] en icon