The Embassy of Mexico in Washington, D.C. houses the diplomatic mission from Mexico to the United States.
Location The Embassy is located at 1911 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Prior to this, from 1921 to 1989, the Embassy was located in the MacVeagh House on 16th Street. The Government of Mexico purchased the House for $330,000 and immediately added a chancery wing to meet its function as an Embassy. However, by the mid 80s the number of staff had grown and the house could no longer accommodate the Embassy comfortably. The Embassy was moved to its current location, albeit without its consular division, which stayed at the MacVeagh House. In 1990, the Mexican Cultural Institute was also moved into the building.
The building that the Embassy now occupies was designed by architect Peter Vercelli and built in 1986. The building incorporates the façades of the last two remaining of the Seven Buildings, some of the oldest residential structures in Washington, D.C.
Ambassador
The Ambassador of Mexico to the United States is the highest ranking diplomatic representative of the United Mexican States to the United States of America and hold the rank of "ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary." The following is a list of Mexican ambassadors since 2006:
Under President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa (2006 – 2012) 2006 – 2012: Arturo Sarukhan Under President Enrique Peña Nieto (2012 – 2018) 2012 – 2015: Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza 2015 – 2016: Miguel Basáñez Ebergenyi 2016 – 2017: Carlos Manuel Sada Solana 2017 – 2018: Gerónimo Gutiérrez Fernández Under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018 – 2024) 2019 – 2020: Martha Bárcena Coqui 2021 – 2026: Esteban Moctezuma Barragán Under President Claudia Sheinbaum (2024 – Present) 2026 – Present: Roberto Lazzeri
Embassy sections
The Embassy exercises a number of functions in its representation to the Government of the United States, including political, administrative, economic, public diplomacy, and consular affairs, that are managed by officials from the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs:
Office of the Ambassador Office of the Chief of the Chancellery Office of Political Affairs Office of Congressional Relations Office of Protocol Office of the Press and Media Office of Legal Affairs Office of Communication and Public Diplomacy Office of Economic Affairs Office of Hispanic and Migratory Affairs Office of Border and Special Affairs Office of Administrative Affairs Office of Management Office of Archives IT office Mexican Cultural Institute
The consular division of the Embassy is not housed at the chancery, and is instead located in a building on 23rd Street NW.
Consulates Mexico also maintains 21 consulates general and 31 consulates across the United States and its territories.Consulados de México en el Exterior (in Spanish)
Consulates-General
Consulates
See also Ambassador of Mexico to the United States Embassy of the United States, Mexico City Foreign relations of Mexico List of diplomatic missions of Mexico Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs Mexico–United States relations United States Ambassador to Mexico
References
External links
Official website