Enrique de la Madrid Cordero

Enrique Octavio de la Madrid Cordero (Mexico City, born 1 October 1962) is a Mexican lawyer, public official, columnist and politician.

He earned a seat as a federal congressman in 2000, serving in the Chamber of Deputies until 2003 whereupon he left office to run for the position of borough chief for the Alvaro Obregón precinct of Mexico City (he lost to the PRD candidate).

In the business sector, De la Madrid was executive president of the Mexican Council for the Consumer Industry (ConMéxico) and served as director of the Institutional Relations and Corporate Communications office for Mexico and Latin America at the HSBC bank.

He recently published his first book, titled “México en la generación del desarrollo” ("Mexico in the generation of development").

He is currently a columnist with El Universal and takes part as a commentator in Leonardo Curzio's program "Primera Emisión de Enfoque".