Julen Rementería del Puerto

Julen Rementería del Puerto (born 21 July 1961) is a Mexican politician currently serving as a senator from Veracruz in the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress. He is a member of the National Action Party. He is a senator representing the state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave for the first minority of the 2018-2024 term and since April 22, 2021 he is the coordinator of the senators of the National Action Party parliamentary group and therefore leader of the opposition in the Senate.

Early life
Rementería del Puerto was born on 21 July 1961.

Political career
On 30 November 2016, the governor-elect of Veracruz, Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares, announced that Rementería del Puerto would serve in his administration's cabinet as the head of the state's Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Works. Rementería del Puerto served until 8 February 2018, when he resigned his position to run for the Senate of the Republic.

Rementería del Puerto was assigned the Senate first minority seat of Veracruz in the LXIV Legislature on behalf of the National Action Party–Party of the Democratic Revolution coalition following the 2018 general election, replacing María del Rosario Guzmán Avilés. He represents the state alongside senators Ricardo Ahued Bardahuil and Rocío Nahle García.

During his time in office, he signed the Madrid Charter, joining an alliance of right-wing and far-right individuals organized by the Spanish political party Vox.

Committee assignments
Rementería del Puerto is a member of the following Senate committees:


 * Committee on Communications and Transportation
 * Committee on Constitutional Matters
 * Committee on Energy (Secretary)
 * Committee on Hydraulic Resources
 * Committee on Regulations and Parliamentary Practices (President)