Jesús Silva Herzog Flores
| Jesús Silva Herzog Flores | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of Finance and Public Credit | |
|
In office 1982 – 1986 |
|
| President |
José López Portillo Miguel de la Madrid |
| Preceded by | David Ibarra Muñoz |
| Succeeded by | Gustavo Petricioli |
| Secretary of Tourism | |
|
In office 14 December 1993 – 30 November 1994 |
|
| President | Carlos Salinas de Gortari |
| Preceded by | Pedro Joaquín Coldwell |
| Succeeded by | Silvia Hernández Enríquez |
| Ambassador of Mexico to the United States | |
|
In office 10 February 1995 – 3 November 1997 |
|
| President | Ernesto Zedillo |
| Preceded by | Jorge Montaño |
| Succeeded by | Jesús Reyes Heroles |
| Ambassador of Mexico to Spain | |
|
In office 16 April 1991 – 14 January 1994 |
|
| President | Carlos Salinas de Gortari |
| Preceded by | Enrique González Pedrero |
| Succeeded by | Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Jesús Silva y Flores 8 May 1935 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Died | 6 March 2017 (aged 81) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Political party | Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI) |
| Spouse(s) | María Teresa Márquez Diez-Canedo |
| Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Yale University |
| Profession | Politician, economist |
Jesús Silva Herzog Flores, born as Jesús Silva y Flores (8 May 1935 — 6 March 2017) was a Mexican economist and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as secretary of Finance and Public Credit in the cabinet of President Miguel de la Madrid (1982–1986), as ambassador to Spain (1991–1994) and the United States (1995–1997), and as secretary of Tourism (1994) in the cabinet of Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
Silva Herzog was born as Jesús Silva y Flores in Mexico City to economic historian Jesús Silva Herzog and Josefina Flores Villarreal. He received a bachelor's degree in economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, 1959) and a master's degree in the same discipline from Yale University (1962).
He taught several courses in Economics at UNAM (1963–1969) and El Colegio de México (1964–1969); worked as an economist for the Inter-American Development Bank (1962–1963) and as director-general of the National Institute of Housing (INFONAVIT, 1972–1976) before joining the Bank of Mexico as director-general (1977–1978) and serving as undersecretary of Finance in the cabinet of José López Portillo (1979–1982).
In 2000, he lost Mexico City's Head of Government election to Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Silva Herzog died on March 6, 2017, at the age of 81.
...
Wikipedia