[2] 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] Rementería del Puerto was assigned the Senate first minority seat of Veracruz in the LXIV Legislature on behalf of the National Action Party–Party of the Democratic Revolution coalition following the 2018 general election, replacing María del Rosario Guzmán Avilés [es].

[2][5][6] He represents the state alongside senators Ricardo Ahued Bardahuil and Rocío Nahle García.

[7][8] 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.