Carlos Manuel Urzúa Macías (9 June 1955 – 19 February 2024) was a Mexican politician and academic who was Professor of Economics at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City and Santa Fe campuses.

In 2018 President Andrés Manuel López Obrador appointed Urzúa Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit.

[5] Urzúa began his teaching career at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, State of Mexico campus, at the age of 22.

[3][4][5][6] From 2000 to 2003, he was appointed Secretary of Finance for the Mexico City government under then mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

[6] In 2003, Urzúa left government to found the Escuela de Graduados en Administración Pública y Política Pública, a public policy graduate school at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City campus, which he directed for ten years.