Alberto Emiliano Cinta Martínez (born June 5, 1970 in Mexico City

Mexico City

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) is a Mexican

Mexico

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 economist

Economist

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, entrepreneur and politician

Politician

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 who is a founder and became the first General Secretary of the New Alliance Party

New Alliance Party (Mexico)

The New Alliance Party is one of the newest political parties in Mexico.Its creation was proposed by the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación , the largest trade union in Latin America, led by Elba Esther Gordillo, the controversial former general secretary of the Institutional...

 (PANAL). He ran as the PANAL's candidate for Head of Government of the Federal District

Head of Government of the Federal District

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 in the 2006 Federal District election

2006 Mexican Federal District election

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. He is nowadays Deputy at the Chamber of Deputies for the Green Party and President of the Special Commission of Competitiveness.

Personal life and education

Cinta is the son of lawyer

Lawyer

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 Alberto Cinta Guzmán. He holds a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 in economics

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 from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

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 (ITAM) where he studied from 1989 to 1993. From 1994 to 1995 he pursued graduate studies at the École Nationale d'Administration

École nationale d'administration

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 (ENA) where he received a master's degree

Master's degree

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 in public administration

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 and political economy

Political economy

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. He also holds a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University

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. He has participated in academic publications such as "Towards Mexico's Democratization" (Roultledge 1999) and "México Visión Global, la agenda para el siglo XXI" (Porrúa, 2006), among others.

He is the founder

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 and former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cinbersol S.A., a company that owns and operates restaurants and clubs such as "Club Piso 51", Landó Grill, Restaurante Lamm, "50 Friends", "Sud 777" and Ivoire.

Professional career

In 1991 Cinta joined the public service

Civil service

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 working for the President of the Republic

President of Mexico

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's office as Director of public opinion

Public opinion

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 analysis under President

President

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 Carlos Salinas de Gortari. He also joined the office of the President Ernesto Zedillo

Ernesto Zedillo

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 of the PRI

Institutional Revolutionary Party

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, as General Director of Research and Analysis (1995–1997). From 1999 to 2000 he served as advisor for Francisco Labastida

Francisco Labastida

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's presidential campaign

Political campaign

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 (PRI). From 2003 to 2005 he served as General Director of the Centro de Estudios Sociales y de Opinión Pública of the Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of Mexico

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