Rolando Burgoa Pablos (born September 26,1967) is an American executive,attorney,and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Texas.[1] He was sworn in as the 111th Secretary of State of Texas on January 5,2017.[2] On December 6,2018,Pablos announced his resignation as Secretary of State effective December 15.[3] In August 2024,Pablos announced his intention to run for Mayor of San Antonio[4] and officially filed for a place on the May 3,2025 ballot on January 29,2025.[5]
Pablos was described as the "driving force" behind the creation of the San Antonio campus of Hilton College,at which he formerly served as adjunct lecturer of hospitality law.[11]
In March 2017,Pablos made his first international diplomatic mission to Mexico City,during which he affirmed the strong economic relationship between Texas and Mexico. After the trip,Pablos said he was "highly encouraged" by his meetings and discussions with both private and public sector officials,including representatives from the SENER,Mexico's energy ministry.[14]
Pablos co-founded Uriel Americas and served as chief executive officer of the Borderplex Alliance,a bi-national economic developmental corporation.[1]
In August 2017,as a new school year loomed,Pablos urged high school principals to register qualified students for voting. The principals,noted Pablos,are required under the state election code to serve as deputy voter registrars,in which capacity they are expected to distribute voter registration applications to students who will turn eighteen by election day.[15]
Writing in World Oil magazine in November 2017,Pablos expressed optimism that Mexico's energy reforms enacted in 2013 would provide Texas and Mexico "a new opportunity" to collaborate in cross-border energy trade,through what he calls the "Texas-Mexico Energy Nexus," adding that "the potential is enormous for Texas energy leaders to expand in a newly privatized Mexican energy market."[16] Pablos had made cross-border energy integration the focus of a Texas Border Trade Advisory Committee[17] meeting earlier that year.[18]
After serving as Texas Secretary of State,Pablos returned to the private sector[20] before launching his campaign to serve as Mayor of San Antonio after Ron Nirenberg was term-limited.
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