As newly-inaugurated Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto settles into office, the country’s new leader is busy filling a number of key staff and high-level government positions.

In what could be the most important appointment when it comes to U.S.-Mexican relations, the Mexican Congress on Wednesday approved Peña Nieto’s move to choose Eduardo Medina-Mora as the country’s ambassador to the United States.

Medina-Mora, who will replace the current ambassador in Washington, Arturo Sarukhán, was praised by Mexican lawmakers as having all the characteristics needed to become the country’s representative to its neighbor to the north, according to the Mexican daily El Universal.

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