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Alfredo Elías Ayub, Former CFE Director, Dies at 75

Tributes from political and engineering circles underscore his decades-long influence on Mexico’s energy infrastructure.

Overview

  • His death on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, was publicly confirmed by former president Felipe Calderón and acknowledged by AMIVTAC.
  • The cause of death has not been disclosed, and no family statement had been issued at the time of the initial reports.
  • He led the Comisión Federal de Electricidad from 1999 to 2011, a tenure credited with expanding national coverage from 94.5% to 96.85% and cutting average outage time from 128 to 48 minutes.
  • His public-service career included directing Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares (1996–1999) and holding subsecretary posts in the former SEMIP, following earlier roles at Fonapas and in the State of Mexico government.
  • He held a civil engineering degree with honors from Universidad Anáhuac and an MBA from Harvard, taught and served in academic posts, participated in family real-estate projects, and was named coordinator of the Infrastructure Policy Council in December 2024.