- Georgina Kessel
Georgina Kessel Martínez is a Mexican
economist . She is a former head of the "Casa de Moneda de México" (the Mexican mint) and currently serves as Secretary of Energy in the cabinet of PresidentFelipe Calderón [cite news
author=Dickerson, Marla
title=Free-market approach to prevail in Mexican Cabinet
url=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-fi-calderon22nov22,1,1491442.story?coll=la-headlines-politics
publisher=Los Angeles Times
date=2006-11-22
accessdate=2006-11-22 df]Personal life and education
Kessel attended the "
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México " (ITAM) from 1975 to 1979 and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Economics. A few years later she received a doctorate's degree in the same discipline fromColumbia University , in theUnited States . Kessel worked for over nine years as a full-time professor at the ITAM, where she headed the Department of Economics in 1994.Public and political career
In the public sector Kessel has worked at the Energy Regulatory Commission, the Mexican mint "(Casa de Moneda de México)",
Pemex and the Secretariat of Finance. [cite news
title=¿Quién es Georgina Kessel?
url=http://www.yucatan.com.mx/noticia.asp?cx=9$0924000000$3427448&f=20061121
publisher=Diario de Yucatán
date=2006-11-21
language= Spanish]In 2005 she received the "Premio al mérito profesional in the public sector", a recognition of the ITAM alumni.
Published works
* "El sur también existe" (with
Santiago Levy and Enrique Dávila).
* "Los peligros del Plan Puebla-Panamá"
* "Lo negociado del Tratado de Libre Comercio" (compiler).References
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