Giancarlo Ibarguen
Giancarlo Ibarguen (born 1963) is a Guatemalan businessman and academic.[1] He served as the President of the Universidad Francisco Marroquín. from 2003 to August 14, 2013.[1][2]
Biography
Early life
Giancarlo Ibarguen was born in 1963.[1] He received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with honors from Texas A&M University in 1985.[1][2]
Academia
He started his career at the Universidad Francisco Marroquín as a Professor of Economics.[1] He has been a member of the Board of Directors of UFM since 1992.[1] From 1995 to 2003, he served as its Secretary General.[1] Since 2003, he has been its President.[1][2] Since 2005, he has been the Director of the Centro Henry Hazlitt (a research center in honor of Henry Hazlitt) at UFM.[1]
He is a founding editor of the magazine Intuición and sat on the editorial board of Gerencia magazine from 1992 to 1994.[1] He sits on the Advisory Board of the Society for Philosophical Inquiry.[1] He is also a Board member of the Asociación de Gerentes de Guatemala and the Society for Philosophical Inquiry.[1] His work has been published in Telecommunications Policy, Siglo Veintiuno, The Wall Street Journal, etc.[1][2]
Think tanks
He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Centro de Estudios Económicos Sociales since 1990.[1][2] In 1991, he was a founding member of the Asociación por el Poder Local (APOLO).[1][2] From 2005 to 2006, he served as Vice President of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, and as its President from 2006 to 2007.[1][2] Since 2007, he has been a Board member of the Liberty Fund in Indianapolis, Indiana.[1][2] In 2008, he joined the Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Society.[1][3] Since 2005, he has sat on the Board of Advisors of AIESEC.[1] He serves as Secretary on the Board of Directors of the Mont Pelerin Society.[2][4] In 2009, he was received the Guardian of Freedom award from the Acton Institute.[2] A libertarian, he has argued that the United States government should end its War on Drugs to put an end to violence in Guatemala.[5]
Business
From 2006 to 2008, he served as an Advisor to the Partners in Learning program of the Microsoft Corporation.[1] He serves on the Boards of Directors of Samboro, Glifos, Belluno, and Algodón Superior.[1]
Personal life
He has been married to Isabel Dougherty de Ibárguen for 25 years, and they have three children; Sebastian, Sofia, and Cristobal. [1][2]
Bibliography
- Constitucion, Socialismo y Mercantilismo en America Latina (co-written with Manuel Ayau, Nicomedes Zuloaga, Leonor Filardo, Hugo Faria, Enrique Ghersi, Marcelo Loprete, 2008)
- Facetas liberales. Ensayos en honor de Manuel F. Ayau (co-edited with Alberto Benegas Lynch, 2011)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 Hispanic American Center for Economic Research biography
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 Anielka Munkel, 'Acton Institute presents Guardian of Freedom Award to Giancarlo Ibargüen', Acton Institute blog, November 25, 2009
- ↑ The Philadelphia Society: Trustees
- ↑ Mont Pelerin Society Board of Directors
- ↑ The Drug War in Guatemala - A Conversation with Giancarlo Ibarguen, Reason Foundation, October 21, 2011