- Antonio Ortiz Mena
Antonio Ortiz Mena (b.
Parral, Chihuahua ,16 April 1907 ; d.Mexico City ,12 March 2007 ) was a Mexican politician and economist.He studied law at the
National Autonomous University of Mexico and was appointed director of theMexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) from 1952 to 1958. From 1958 to 1970 he served as Secretary of Finance and Public Credit for a twelve-year period of sustained economic growth and development under presidentsAdolfo López Mateos andGustavo Díaz Ordaz . He competed unsuccessfully for the PRI's nomination for the 1970 presidential election, losing to Díaz Ordaz's preferred successorLuis Echeverría Álvarez . In 1971 he was appointed president of theInter-American Development Bank , where he remained until 1988. Between 1988 and 1990 he served as the director ofBanamex , one of the country's leading commercial banks, while the banking system was still state-owned.He died in
Mexico City on12 March 2007 at the age of 99, after having spent the previous two weeks in hospital.External links
* [http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/03/14/index.php?section=economia&article=026n1eco "Ortiz Mena, referente de una época de prosperidad y crecimiento económico"] "(
La Jornada )"
* [http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/264768.muere-antonio-ortiz-mena.html "Muere Antonio Ortiz Mena"] "(El Siglo de Torreón )"
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/16/business/worldbusiness/16mena.html?_r=1&oref=slogin "Antonio Ortiz Mena, 99, Mexican Finance Minister in 1960s, Dies"] "(New York Times )"
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