Julen Rementería del Puerto (born 21 July 1961) is a Mexican politician currently serving as a senator from Veracruz in the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress. He is a member of the National Action Party. He is a senator representing the state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave for the first minority of the 2018-2024 term and since April 22, 2021 he is the coordinator of the senators of the National Action Party parliamentary group and therefore leader of the opposition in the Senate.[1]
Early life
Rementería del Puerto was born on 21 July 1961.[2]
Political career
On 30 November 2016, the governor-elect of Veracruz, Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares, announced that Rementería del Puerto would serve in his administration's cabinet as the head of the state's Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Works.[3] Rementería del Puerto served until 8 February 2018, when he resigned his position to run for the Senate of the Republic.[4]
During his time in office, he signed the Madrid Charter, joining an alliance of right-wing and far-right individuals organized by the Spanish political party Vox.[9]
Committee assignments
Rementería del Puerto is a member of the following Senate committees:[10]
Committee on Communications and Transportation
Committee on Constitutional Matters
Committee on Energy (Secretary)
Committee on Hydraulic Resources
Committee on Regulations and Parliamentary Practices (President)
