Overview

• Mexico’s finance ministry announced the leadership change via an official communique and social media, confirming Cabrera as Jesús de la Fuente Rodríguez’s successor.
• Cabrera assumes the presidency on September 1, according to the Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público.
• The appointee has held senior posts in SHCP’s Unidad de Banca, Valores y Ahorro, the Procuraduría Fiscal de la Federación’s financial crimes unit, and the Subsecretaría de Egresos.
• Hacienda framed the choice as reinforcing the CNBV’s legal duties to issue regulations, oversee institutions and enforce compliance to safeguard the financial system.
• Priority areas highlighted include handling technological innovation and market shifts, reinforcing anti–money‑laundering oversight, and sustaining public confidence in financial institutions.