Agustín Carstens
| Agustín Carstens | |
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| Governor of the Bank of Mexico | |
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Assumed office 1 January 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Guillermo Ortiz Martínez |
| Secretary of Finance | |
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In office 1 December 2006 – 9 December 2009 |
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| President | Felipe Calderón |
| Preceded by | Francisco Gil Díaz |
| Succeeded by | Ernesto Cordero |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
9 June 1958 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Mansell |
| Alma mater |
Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology University of Chicago |
Agustín Guillermo Carstens Carstens (born 9 June 1958 in Mexico City), is a Mexican economist who has served as Governor of the Bank of Mexico since 1 January 2010. In 2011, Carstens, along with Christine Lagarde, was one of the two final candidates to become the managing director of the International Monetary Fund. He previously served as Secretary of Finance in the cabinet of Felipe Calderón (2006–09), as deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (2003–06) and as Treasurer of the Bank of Mexico. In 2011 he was included in the 50 Most Influential ranking of Bloomberg Markets Magazine.
On 1 December 2016, it was announced that in July 2017, Carstens will leave the Bank of Mexico to become the General manager at the International Bank of Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, he was appointed to a five-year term, effective 1 October 2017.
Carstens graduated with a bachelor's degree in Economics from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM). After working as an intern in the Bank of Mexico he received a scholarship and completed both a master's degree (1983) and a doctorate in Economics (1985) at the University of Chicago. His thesis advisor was Michael Mussa, former Economic Counselor and Director of the Department of Research at the International Monetary Fund from 1991 to 2001.
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