José Luis Espinosa Piña

Who is José Luis Espinosa Piña?

José Luis Espinosa Piña is a Mexican politician—member of the National Action Party —and current Director-General of the Latin American Institute of Educational Communication.

He studied law at Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo from 1990 to 1995.

In 2006 he was elected by the 10th district of his native city, Morelia, to the Mexican Chamber of Deputies. Here he was appointed secretary to the Environment and Natural Resources committee, from which he fostered measures to deal with climate change both nationally and internationally. He actively participated in parliamentary diplomacy, which led him to build close ties with GLOBE International—an international organisation backed by the G8+5 and the World Bank whose mission is to tackle climate change globally by promoting legislation amongst national parliaments.