Sheinbaum Proposes María del Carmen Bonilla for SHCP

President Claudia Sheinbaum has nominated María del Carmen Bonilla as the next Deputy Minister of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP). If confirmed by Congress, she will be the second woman in history to hold the position.

The appointment fills a five-month vacancy in the Deputy Ministry of Finance, which was left open after the departure of Edgar Amador. Bonilla, who has worked at the ministry since the previous administration, currently leads the Public Credit and International Affairs Unit. Recently, she was in charge of issuing PEMEX’s Pre-Capitalized Structured Notes, a US$12 billion issuance aimed at supporting the state oil company.

Bonilla holds a degree in Corporate Finance and Banking from Universidad Anáhuac del Sur. In addition to her role at SHCP, she has worked at IMSS and in the private sector at banks like HSBC and Santander. The first woman to serve in this role was Vanessa Rubio in 2016.

In addition to Bonilla’s nomination, Sheinbaum also proposed Omar Reyes Colmenares to lead the Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF), replacing Pablo Gómez. Reyes Colmenares has a background in security, having worked closely with Omar García Harfuch, the current head of the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection. Prior to this nomination, he served as the head of Prevention and Social Reintegration at the federal Ministry of Security.