Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón (Spanish pronunciation: [maɾˈselo eˈβɾaɾð]; born 10 October 1959) is a Mexican politician who has served as the secretary of economy since 2024.

As mayor, Ebrard presided over the creation of the Ecobici mobility system, the Prepa Sí program that grants scholarships to low-income students, and revival projects in the city's historic center.

[6][7] In June 2023, Ebrard resigned from his position as Secretary of Foreign Affairs to run for president in the 2024 election, but lost Morena's nomination to Claudia Sheinbaum.

Ebrard left the PRI along with Manuel Camacho Solís in 1995 to found the now-defunct Party of the Democratic Center (PCD).

In 2000 he briefly campaigned for the 2000 Head of Government election for the PCD before stepping down in March 2000 and throwing his support behind Andrés Manuel López Obrador as the candidate of the multi-party Alliance for Mexico City.

Following the election, he joined López Obrador's cabinet as secretary of public security in 2002 after the resignation of Leonel Godoy as head of this agency.

On 8 July 2006, the French newspaper Le Monde ran an article indicating that Ebrard was an emerging leader of the Mexican Left.

[citation needed] Many saw this as an attempt to dismiss López Obrador and now rely on Ebrard to win the presidency in the 2012 presidential elections.

[15] Ebrard ran as the PRD's candidate for Head of Government in the Federal District election held on 2 July 2006, winning 47% of the votes.

[citation needed] He expanded pensions for the elderly so that it was a right of every inhabitant of Mexico City who had reached 68 years of age, sending an initiative to the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District to elevate it to the status of law.

[citation needed] Among his actions having the greatest impact according to public opinion was the expropriation of properties and buildings that functioned as operational centers of crime.

[citation needed] Ebrard made significant changes to the Historic Center, returning it to the citizens of Mexico City and its visitors by relocating the street vendors beginning in mid-2007.

Some people criticized the decision of one of its dependencies to demolish historic buildings in the city center to enable the relocation of street vendors.

In contrast, the National Democratic Left faction, led by Dolores Padierna Luna, ruled in favor of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

[26] After López Obrador won the election on 1 July 2018, he was announced as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs a couple of days later, replacing Héctor Vasconcelos, who instead became a Senator.

[9] Considered a moderate member of MORENA, his appointment as Secretary of the Economy led the peso to rise as high as 0.9% against the United States dollar.

[40] Ebrard was characterized as "centrist" by Reuters, who described his political orientation as "socially progressive and eager to put Mexico on the world stage".

[34] The Associated Press reported that, "while some peg Ebrard as a centrist", Ebard has touted the legalization of same-sex marriage and abortion while leading Mexico City as evidence of his progressive bonafides.