Andrés Atayde Rubiolo
{{Short description|Mexican politician}}
{{Orphan|date=December 2023}}
Andrés Atayde Rubiolo (Mexico City, February 1, 1985) is a Mexican politician, member of the National Action Party. From 2015 to 2018, he was a multi-member local deputy. He is the current president of the capital PAN.{{Cite web |date= |title=¿Quién es Andrés Atayde, presidente del PAN en CDMX? |url=https://ruidoenlared.com/quien-es/andres-atayde-presidente-pan-cdmx/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001023807/https://ruidoenlared.com/quien-es/andres-atayde-presidente-pan-cdmx/ |archive-date=2022-10-01 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website= |publisher=Ruido en la Red}}
Biography
Son of Andrés Atayde Pacheco and Catalina Rubiolo (originally from Argentina), he was born into a circus family.{{Cite web |title=Celebra su primer año |url=https://www.noroeste.com.mx/culiacan/celebra-su-primer-ano-EGNO431476 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=www.noroeste.com.mx |language=es-MX}} His grandfather was one of the founders of the famous Atayde Hermanos Circus, which was founded at the end of the 19th century during the Porfiriato era in Mexico.
He studied Economics and Political Science at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). He also holds a Master's degree in Government and Public Policy from the Panamerican University. He is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Business Administration at ITAM.{{Cite web |last=Lugo |first=Leonardo |date=2021-06-27 |title=Quién es Andrés Atayde, del PAN en CdMx: su 'hobbies' y gustos |url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/andres-atayde-pan-cdmx-hobbies-gustos |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Grupo Milenio |language=es-MX}}
Political career
At the age of seventeen, in 2003, he joined the ranks of the National Action Party, influenced in part by fellow PAN member and diplomat Tarcisio Navarrete.{{Cite web |last=Solera |first=Claudia |date=2021-06-13 |title=Andrés Atayde Rubiolo apostó por la unión y ganó |url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/andres-atayde-rubiolo-aposto-por-la-union-y-gano/1454428 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Excélsior |language=es-MX}}
He began his political career as a youth leader in Benito Juárez. In 2005, he worked as an advisor at Seguro Popular. Later, he was elected Regional Secretary of Youth Action from 2010 to 2013.{{Cite web |last=Mendoza |first=Lourdes |date=2021-10-01 |title=#ElPersonaje {{!}} Andrés Atayde: el estratega azul en la CDMX |url=https://politica.expansion.mx/voces/2021/10/01/andres-atayde-el-estratega-azul-en-la-cdmx-elpersonaje |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=ADNPolítico |language=es}}
Between 2012 and 2015 he served as Director of Medical and Social Services in the current Benito Juárez mayor's office. After the 2015 local midterm elections, he served as local representative for the principle of proportional representation of the VII Legislature of the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District (ALDF) for the period 2015-2018.{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Diputado Andrés Atayde Rubiolo |url=http://aldf.gob.mx/andres-atayde-rubiolo-247.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202162148/http://aldf.gob.mx/andres-atayde-rubiolo-247.html |archive-date=2022-12-02 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website= |publisher=ALDF}}
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Mexico City
In the last legislature of the Legislative Assembly, Atayde Rubiolo chaired the Finance Committee.{{Cite web |title=Andrés Atayde Rubiolo se registra para dirigir el PAN capitalino |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/metropoli/cdmx/andres-atayde-se-registra-para-dirigir-el-pan-de-la-ciudad-de-mexico/ |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=El Universal |language=es}} There, he met his counterparts Israel Betanzos and Nora Arias, current local leaders of the Institutional Revolutionary and Democratic Revolution parties.{{Cite web |last=Zamarrón |first=Israel |date=2021-07-07 |title=Entrevista {{!}} Alineación que gana, repite: Andrés Atayde, presidente del PAN CDMX |url=https://www.forbes.com.mx/entrevista-alineacion-que-gana-repite-andres-atayde-presidente-del-pan-cdmx |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Forbes México |language=es-MX}}
In 2018, he was elected President of the PAN of Mexico City for the 2018-2021 triennium, succeeding Mauricio Tabe Echartea. On September 15, 2021, he reported that he requested a license as a local leader to seek his reelection as head of PAN CDMX, being reelected for one more term until 2024 after the results delivered in the 2021 election in the City.{{Cite web |date=2021-09-15 |title=Andrés Atayde solicita licencia como líder del PAN-CDMX para buscar reelección |url=https://www.razon.com.mx/ciudad/andres-atayde-solicita-licencia-lider-pan-cdmx-buscar-reeleccion-451744 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=La Razón |language=es}}