Minister Carlos Vazquez is an Economist from Mexico’s Institute of Technology (ITAM) and studied Public Policy at Georgetown University. He has spent much of his professional life serving in Mexico’s public sector, primarily within the Secretariat of Treasury and the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development.

In February 2006, Mr. Vazquez was appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture of Mexico, to head SAGARPA’s Representative Office in the Embassy of Mexico in Washington, DC, where he has been responsible for the overall agri-food Sector relation between Mexico and the US.

Prior to his designation, Mr. Vazquez was the Director General for Evaluation of Direct Income Support Programs in ASERCA, among his responsibilities where the design of the regulations of support payments to the countryside.

From 1992-1995, during the NAFTA negotiations and the implementation period, he served as Agricultural Attaché at the Embassy of Mexico in the U.S. among others

Mr. Vazquez was born in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, is married and has two daughters and a grand-dog.