Francisco Gil Díaz

Francisco Gil Díaz
Francisco Gil Díaz
Secretary of Finance and Public Credit
	In office; 1 December 2000 – 30 November 2006
President	Vicente Fox
Preceded by	José Ángel Gurría
Succeeded by	Agustín Carstens
Personal details
Born	2 September 1943 (age 80); Mexico City, Mexico
Political party	Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
Alma mater	Autonomous Technology Institute of Mexico, University of Chicago
Profession	Economist

Francisco Gil Díaz (born 2 September 1943 in Mexico City) is a Mexican economist who served as Secretary of Finance in the cabinet of President Vicente Fox and currently serves as regional chairman of Telefónica for Mexico and Central America.^[3]

Early life

Gil Díaz is the son of Francisco Gil Arias, a fisherman, and Ana María Díaz Perches. He is married to Margarita White and has four children: two males and two females.

Education

He received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Autonomous Technology Institute of Mexico (ITAM) and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago, in the United States.^[1] He sits on the board of the Ibero-American University and the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.^[2]

Career

In the public sector Gil Díaz has served as Undersecretary of Finance (1988–1994) and Vice-Governor of the Mexican central bank (1994–1997). In the private sector he worked as CEO of Avantel, a Mexican telephone and internet service provider (1997 - November 2000).^[4]

Gil Díaz joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in 1979 and taught economics at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, where he is also an emeritus professor^[2] and where he also received an honorary degree in May 2009.^[5]

Other activities

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (2000-2006)^[6]

Personal life

Gil Díaz is married to Margarita White de la Peña^[1] and has four children, including Francisco and Cristina Gil-White.

References

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Camp, Roderic Ai (1995). Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-1993 (3rd ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 281. ISBN 9780292711815. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Francisco Gil Díaz". Harvard University, Center for International Development. 2005. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
^ "Francisco Gil Díaz". University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
^ "Francisco Gil Díaz". Presidencia de la República (Mexico). 2006. Archived from the original on 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
^ Barranco, Alberto (2009-05-25). "Doble jaque a cementeras". Empresa. El Universal. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
^ 2005 Annual Report^{[permanent dead link]} European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

External links

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[mx-bios-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Camp, Roderic Ai (1995). Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-1993 (3rd ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 281. ISBN 9780292711815. Retrieved 2009-09-23.

[harvard-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Francisco Gil Díaz". Harvard University, Center for International Development. 2005. Retrieved 2009-09-23.

[chicago-3] "Francisco Gil Díaz". University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Retrieved 2009-09-23.

[presidency-4] "Francisco Gil Díaz". Presidencia de la República (Mexico). 2006. Archived from the original on 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2009-09-23.

[eluniversal-5] Barranco, Alberto (2009-05-25). "Doble jaque a cementeras". Empresa. El Universal. Retrieved 2009-09-23.

[6] 2005 Annual Report^{[permanent dead link]} European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

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