Guillermo Ortiz Martínez

Infobox US Cabinet official
name=Guillermo Ortiz


order=
title=Governor of the Bank of Mexico
term_start=January 1 1998
term_end=
president=
predecessor=Miguel Mancera
successor=
order2=
title2=Secretary of Finance
term_start2=December 29, 1994
term_end2=January 1, 1998
president2=Ernesto Zedillo
predecessor2=Jaime Serra
successor2=Jose Angel Gurria
birth_date=birth date and age|1948|07|21|df=yes
birth_place=Mexico City
death_date=
death_place=
party="Independent"
religion=
alma_mater=UNAM
Stanford University
profession=Economist

Guillermo Ortiz Martínez (born July 21, 1948 in Mexico City) Ortiz Martínez is the son of Gen. Leopoldo Ortiz Sevilla and Graciela Martínez Ostos and received a B.A. in Economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and both a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University in the United States.

He joined the public service in 1971 and has been Mexico's ambassador to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). While at the IMF he acted as executive director and represented seven countries, including Spain.

When Ernesto Zedillo was sworn as President of Mexico, Ortiz joined the cabinet as Secretary of Communications and Transportation for 28 days. At the midst of the economic crisis of 1994 he was appointed Secretary of Finance and Public Credit and served for three years.

On January 1, 1998 he was appointed governor of the central bank by President Zedillo, substituting Miguel Mancera. In 1999 Ortiz became a member of the influential Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty. Later, in 2004 he was reelected governor for six more years by a majority vote in Congress and by the recommendation of president Vicente Fox.

Guillermo Ortiz is married to Margie Simon and has three daughters: María, Sofía and Lucía.

External links

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