Mexico's Attorney General, Alejandro Gertz Manero, submitted his resignation to the Senate on November 27, 2025, to take up the role of ambassador to Germany, as proposed by President Claudia Sheinbaum. The Senate approved the resignation with 74 votes in favor and 22 against, launching the process to appoint his successor. The departure elicits mixed reactions, from praise for his career to criticism over alleged power abuses.
Alejandro Gertz Manero, who took office as Mexico's first autonomous attorney general in 2019 with a mandate until 2028, sent a letter to the Senate on November 27, 2025, announcing his retirement. In the document, addressed to Senate President Laura Itzel Castillo, he explained that President Claudia Sheinbaum proposed him as ambassador to a friendly country, identified as the Federal Republic of Germany, with the process underway. 'This proposal will allow me the possibility of continuing to serve my country in a new task that honors me and which I appreciate,' wrote Gertz Manero, reaffirming his public service vocation.
During the Senate session, starting at 11:00 a.m., a recess was declared to prepare the procedure. With 87 votes in favor and nine against, discussion was opened; subsequently, the plenary approved the resignation 74-22 (Morena, PVEM, and PT in favor; PAN, PRI, and PRD against). A call for FGR applicants was immediately issued, to be published in the Official Gazette on November 28. Cristina Reséndiz, head of the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Competition Control, will serve provisionally.
President Sheinbaum, in her morning press conference, praised Gertz Manero's performance: 'It has been good work at the helm of the prosecutor's office,' though she denied he had communicated his resignation intent beforehand. PRI senators, like Alejandro Moreno ('Alito'), defended his impartial work and lamented a 'golpista movement' by Morena. In contrast, Julio Scherer Ibarra and Julio Scherer Pareyón described his exit as the end of 'one of the darkest chapters of the FGR,' accusing him of turning justice into a tool of intimidation and personal grudges. Movimiento Ciudadano's Clemente Castañeda voted against, arguing that aspiring to be ambassador is not a grave cause.
The succession process, governed by constitutional article 102, begins with the Senate compiling a list of at least 10 candidates in 20 days, reduced to a shortlist of three by the Executive in 10 days, and voted on by qualified majority in the Senate. Potential successors include Ernestina Godoy and Arturo Zaldívar, though unconfirmed speculations persist about political pressures and health issues.
