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César Augusto Rendón García (June 14, 1978) Mexican businessman and politician, National Councilman for the National Action Party since 2010, Congressman since 2015 for the State of Tamaulipas.

Academics
Political Science major with a minor in Public Policy and Management by the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Monterrey TEC), along with a Certificate in Social and Political Science from the University of Oxford in England.

Political Activities
He began participating with the National Action Party (PAN) in 1997 as a grass roots volunteer. In the historic 2000 national election, he helped organize the party’s representation at polling stations. During the 2004 Matamoros Mayoral campaign he served as the campaign’s Planning Director as well as standing as a Candidate for the City Council. In 2007, he won his party’s nomination for the Matamoros’ election for State Representative. In 2008, he was elected as part of the party’s State Executive Committee. As of 2010 he serves as one of Tamaulipas' representatives in the National Council having been re-elected in 2013 for a second term which is still in course.

Elected to the city council for Matamoros during the city’s 2005-2007 administration, Cesar Rendon chaired the Municipal Planning and Culture Committees, served as Secretary of Cadastre, and was a member of the Urban Development Committee.

Public Service
In 2010, he was appointed Head of Legislative Affairs for Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) during the administration of Dr. Juan Jose Suarez Coppel, leading the energy and legislative agenda in both chambers of Congress.

On November 2011 at the age of 33, he was tapped to become PEMEX’s youngest Corporate Manager for Social Development. As CMSD he was the company’s front man in negotiations with State and Municipal Authorities. One of the major responsibilities he had was improving the company’s standing with the stake holders and the communities. He was also responsible for administrating the company’s national donation budget across the country’s 32 states, with a normative focus on the states where oil & gas activities are strongest.

Committees
In September 2015, he was sworn in as Congressman for the State of Tamaulipas. He is currently the National Action Party’s Congressional Group leader in Energy Policy and as such, he participates in the following Committees:

•	Chairman of the Oversight Committee for the Energy Sector’s Regulating Bodies.

•	Secretary of the Energy Committee.

•	Member of the Climate Change Committee.

With Mexico’s Energy Reform, the Independent Regulating Bodies hold the key to its correct implementation. As these are still adapting to the new legal framework, oversight is essential in order to ensure that international best practices are implemented so as to develop a sustainable and competitive energy sector.

As Legislator, Cesar Rendon also holds responsibilities relating to the Economic and Foreign Policy Sectors such as:

•	Member of the Treasury Committee.

•	Chairman of the Mexico-Saudi Arabia Friendship Group.

Private Sector
His career in the business world began in 2004 as Director of Planning in Dimer, a manufacturer of expanded polystyrene (EPS) and derived products distributed within northeastern Mexico and to the United States.

As an entrepreneur, he has focused firmly on the development of productive projects in the energy sector such as Energeo, a company he started specializing in project development of renewable and conventional energy within Mexico. One of these projects is “Energeo Los Molinos”, a windfarm project with an installed capacity of 171 MW, located in the northeast of the country, which will start operations during final quarter of 2017. In late 2013, he led the acquisition of the company by Comexhidro Asergen Business Group, and he was asked to stay on as an Adviser until 2015.