Carlos Alfredo Magariños
| Carlos Alfredo Magariños | |
|---|---|
| Director-General, UNIDO | |
| In office December 1997 – December 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Mauricio de Maria y Campos |
| Succeeded by | Kandeh Yumkella |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 August 1962 |
| Occupation | politician, economist, UN executive |
Carlos Alfredo Magariños (born August 16, 1962[1]) is an Argentine politician and former UN official.
Magariños earned a master’s degree in Business Administration at the University of Buenos Aires. He continued in academia and was Associate Professor of Microeconomy (1986), Technical Coordinator in Research Methodology of Investigation (1987) and Assistant Professor of Foreign Trade Institutions (1989) in Buenos Aires. He also studied at the International Development Law Institute in Rome. He was Associate Professor for Argentine and Latin American Economic Issues at Salvador University, Buenos Aires and taught at the University of Belgrano, Buenos Aires. Most recently Carlos Magariños was selected Senior Associated Member at Saint Antony´s College, Oxford University (2006), Full Professor of Political Economy at University of Salvador, Political Science Faculty (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2009) and Senior Fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies of Renmin University of China (2013)
Magariños was National Director for Foreign Trade 1991–92, then Under-Secretary of State for Industry (1992–93). During the first term of President Carlos Menem, he became State Secretary for Industry and Mining of Argentina (1993), at age 31.
In 1996, Magariños assumed the position of Argentine Economic and Trade Representative in Washington, D.C., with the rank of Ambassador and State Secretary.
In December 1997, he was elected Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO),[2] which was undergoing a severe financial crisis at the time. After a successful round of reforms and consolidations, Magariños was re-elected for a second term in 2001 and led the organization until 2005.
Upon his return to Buenos Aires, Argentina he became Board Member of the Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires.[3] He founded a group of companies (Foresight 2020 and Global Business Development Network in 2007 and 2010) dedicated to promote investments in biotechnology, renewable energies, carbon markets, informatics, telecomunications and agri-business.
Carlos Magariños currently sits in a several boards of institutions and organizations in the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America.
Books
- Magariños, Carlos A. (2005). Towards a Common Agenda for Action. A Proposal in the Context of the Millennium Development Goals. UNIDO.
- Magariños, Carlos A.; Yongtu, Long; Sercovich, Francisco C.; (2003). China in the WTO. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-99930-4.
- Assaf, George; Lall, Sanjaya; Martinussen, John D.; Ricupero, Rubens; Sercovich, Francisco (2001). Magariños, Carlos A.;, ed. Reforming the UN System: Unido's Need-Driven Model. Brill. ISBN 90-411-1669-9.