Carlos Manuel Sada Solana was appointed Undersecretary for North America at the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico in January 2017. He served as Ambassador of Mexico to the United States from May 2016 to January 2017. Undersecretary Sada previously served as consul general of Mexico in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Antonio, and Toronto, Canada. He was also minister at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C. In addition, he was Secretary of State Programs for the government of Oaxaca, Secretary of Economic and Social development of Oaxaca State and Mayor of Oaxaca de Juárez. Undersecretary Sada is an industrial engineer with a degree from the Ibero-American University of Mexico. He also did postgraduate studies in production systems development at the University of Newcastle in England; in economic development at the University of Delft in the Netherlands; and in industrial development at the Institute of Public Administration in The Hague.