Luis Manuel Enrique Téllez Kuenzler is a Mexican economist.
Education
Téllez graduated from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México) with a bachelor"s degree in Economics (summa cum laude) took post graduate studies in Law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) and received a doctorate"s degree in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Career
He is a former Secretary of Energy in the cabinet of Ernesto Zedillo and served as Secretary of Communications and Transportation in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón until 2009. He joined the federal cabinet as Undersecretary of Planning at the Secretariat of Agriculture during the Carlos Salinas de Gortari administration, headed the Office of the Presidency in the Ernesto Zedillo administration and, from 1997 to 2000, served as his Secretary of Energy. During his tenure at the Secretariat of Agriculture, he wrote the book "Louisiana Modernizacion del Sector Agropecuario y Forestal", where the (1998-1994) administration"s objectives with respect to the agricultural sector are laid out (X).
When the Institutional Revolutionary Party lost the Mexican presidency in 2000, Téllez joined the private sector as Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of DESC, South America de Curriculum Vitae Later on he joined The Carlyle Group as Managing Director, focusing on buyout investment opportunities in Mexico.
On November 21, 2006, President-elect Felipe Calderón announced he will serve as his Secretary of Communications and Transportation starting on December 1, 2006. Luis Téllez was named "Global Leader of Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum, and "Leader for the New Millennium" by Time magazine.
On March 3, President Calderon announced his resignation, and thanked him for his excellent management of the situation. His successor is Juan Molinar Horcasitas.
Membership
He is a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (Institutional Revolutionary Party) since 1980, where he headed the Institute for Economic, Social and Political Studies (Institute of Economic, Political, and Social Studies). He is also a member of the advisory board for the Mexico Institute.