Appointment: Affairs Ministry and Mexico

appointment: YURI CORTEZ / AFP/GETTY IMAGES By The Associated Press Fri., Jan. 13, 2017 MEXICO CITY Mexico's president has nominated the current head of the North American Development Bank, Geronimo Gutierrez Fernandez, to be the country's new ambassador in Washington, according to Toronto Star. Mexico's Foreign Affairs Ministry announced the appointment Friday in a statement. Mexico's Foreign Affairs Ministry announced the appointment of a new ambassador to the U.S on Friday. Mexico's current ambassador in the United States, Carlos Manuel Sada Solana, will become undersecretary for North America. He has been the managing director of the bank in San Antonio, Texas, since 2010. Gutierrez's appointment requires ratification by the Mexican senate. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.