Jesús Silva Herzog Flores

Jesús Silva Herzog Flores
Secretary of Finance and Public Credit
In office
1982  1986[1]
President José López Portillo
Miguel de la Madrid
Preceded by David Ibarra Muñoz
Succeeded by Gustavo Petricioli
Secretary of Tourism (Mexico)
In office
14 December 1993  30 November 1994[1]
President Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Preceded by Pedro Joaquín Coldwell
Succeeded by Silvia Hernández Enríquez
Ambassador of Mexico to the United States
In office
10 February 1995  3 November 1997[2]
President Ernesto Zedillo
Preceded by Jorge Montaño [2]
Succeeded by Jesús Reyes Heroles[2]
Ambassador of Mexico to Spain
In office
16 April 1991  14 January 1994[3]
President Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Preceded by Enrique González Pedrero[3]
Succeeded by Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza[3]
Personal details
Born Jesús Silva y Flores[4]
8 May 1935[1]
Mexico City, Mexico
Political party Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI)[5]
Spouse(s) María Teresa Márquez Diez-Canedo
Alma mater National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Yale University
Profession Politician, economist

Jesús Silva Herzog Flores (born as Jesús Silva y Flores[4] on 8 May 1935 in Mexico City) is a Mexican economist and politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).[5] He served as secretary of Finance and Public Credit in the cabinet of President Miguel de la Madrid (1982–1986), as ambassador to Spain (1991–1994)[3] and the United States (1995–1997),[1] and as secretary of Tourism (1994) in the cabinet of Carlos Salinas de Gortari.

Biography

Silva Herzog was born as Jesús Silva y Flores[4] in Mexico City to economic historian Jesús Silva Herzog and Josefina Flores Villarreal.[5] He received a bachelor's degree in economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, 1959) and a master's degree in the same discipline from Yale University (1962).[1]

He taught several courses in Economics at UNAM (1963–1969) and El Colegio de México (1964–1969); worked as an economist for the Inter-American Development Bank (1962–1963) and as director-general of the National Institute of Housing (INFONAVIT, 1972–1976) before joining the Bank of Mexico as director-general (1977–1978) and serving as undersecretary of Finance in the cabinet of José López Portillo (1979–1982).[1]

In 2000, he lost Mexico City's Head of Government election to Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Silva Herzog was married to María Teresa Márquez Diez-Canedo and is the father of three children: María Teresa, Eugenia and Jesús Silva Herzog Márquez.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Camp, Roderic Ai (1995). Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-1993 (3rd ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 675. ISBN 9780292711815. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Diplomatic Representation for Mexico (United Mexican States)". U.S. Department of State. 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Embajadores de México en España" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Bermúdez Molina, Estuardo Mario (22 May 2000). "Recurso de Apelación TEDF-REA-008/2000" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Tribunal Electoral del Distrito Federal. Retrieved 21 October 2014. el Consejo General al emitir su voto a favor del citado registro y en las discusiones de la misma, no toma en consideración que el señor JESÚS SILVA Y FLORES no ha efectuado los trámites de ley tendientes a rectificar o modificar su nombre para que se le reconozca y se ostente legalmente con el de JESUS SILVA HERZOG FLORES [...] Respecto al asunto que nos ocupa, tenemos que el partido postulante anexa a su solicitud diversos documentos para acreditar el nombre del candidato de referencia; en efecto, ofrece una copia certificada de un acta de nacimiento de la cual se desprende que el nombre correcto es JESÚS SILVA Y FLORES, dicha circunstancia está plenamente aceptada y reconocida por el representante del Partido Revolucionario Institucional y por la persona postulada por dicho partido tal y como se desprende de las declaraciones notariales que anexó con dicho escrito, por lo que se deberá tener como confesión expresa respecto a ese hecho, tanto al partido como al candidato que postulan.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Diccionario biográfico del gobierno mexicano (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica. 1992. ISBN 968-820-177-4.