Jesús Silva-Herzog Flores
Mexican politician
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Jesús Silva-Herzog Flores, born as Jesús Silva y Flores[4] (8 May 1935 – 6 March 2017) was a Mexican economist and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).[5] 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)[3] and the United States (1995–1997),[1] and as secretary of tourism (1994) in the cabinet of Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
Jesús Silva-Herzog Flores | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of Finance and Public Credit | |
| In office 16 March 1982 – 17 June 1986[1] | |
| President | José López Portillo Miguel de la Madrid |
| Preceded by | David Ibarra Muñoz |
| Succeeded by | Gustavo Petricioli |
| 7th Secretary of Tourism | |
| In office 14 December 1993 – 30 November 1994[1] | |
| 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[2] | |
| President | Ernesto Zedillo |
| Preceded by | Jorge Montaño[2] |
| Succeeded by | Jesús F. Reyes Heroles[2] |
| Ambassador of Mexico to Spain | |
| In office 16 April 1991 – 14 January 1994[3] | |
| President | Carlos Salinas de Gortari |
| Preceded by | Enrique González Pedrero[3] |
| Succeeded by | Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza[3] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jesús Silva y Flores[4] 8 May 1935[1] |
| Died | 6 March 2017 (aged 81) |
| Party | Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI)[5] |
| Spouse | María Teresa Márquez Diez-Canedo |
| National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Yale University | |
| Profession | Politician, economist |
Biography
Silva Herzog was born as Jesús Silva y Flores[4] in Mexico City to economic historian Jesús Silva Herzog and Josefina Flores Villarreal.[5] 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).[1]
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).[1]
In 2000, he lost Mexico City's Head of Government election to Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Silva Herzog died on 6 March 2017 at the age of 81.[6]
Personal life
He was married to María Teresa Márquez Diez-Canedo and is the father of three children: María Teresa, Eugenia and Jesús Silva Herzog Márquez.[5]