Daniel Karam Toumeh

Who is Daniel Karam Toumeh?

Daniel Karam Toumeh born on March 15, 1973 in Mexico City, is the director of the Mexican Social Security Institute.

He has a BA in Economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, where he received a special mention in the thesis "Political Economic Cycles: The Case of Mexico." He has a master's degree in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

He was advisor to the General Director of Treasury Planning at the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit from 1996 to 1998.

He served as Coordinator of Advisors of the Directorate of Incorporation and Collection at the Mexican Social Security Institute from 2002 to 2003. Besides, he was Coordinator of Taxation from 2004 to 2006 at IMSS.

He participated as an advisor on proposals and speech during the presidential campaign of Felipe Calderón Hinojosa from February to August 2006. Subsequently, he was responsible for health projects and social security in the transition team of President-elect.

In December 2006 he was Director of Finance of IMSS and in April 2007 was appointed National Commissioner of Social Protection in Health.