Fernando Hiriart Balderrama, Project designer, National Irrigation Commission.
Background
Hiriart Balderrama, Fernando was born on October 21, 1914 in Santa Barbara, Chihuahua, Mexico. Son of Pedro Hiriart Vázquez, businessman, and Maria Balderrama Madariaga teacher. Father of Humberto Hiriart Urdanivía, federal deputy from Jalisco, 1970-1973.
Education
Primary and secondary studies in Santa Barbara. Preparatory studies from the National Preparatory School, 1932-1934. Studies in civil engineering, National School of Engineering, United Nations AM, 1934-1937, engineering degree, 1938, with a thesis on experimental hydraulic designs.
Director, Engineering Institute, National Autonomous University, 1955-1958. Member of the Governing Board of National Autonomous University, 1963-1973. Professor, National Autonomous University.
Professor, National Polytechnic School.
Career
Joined Institutional Revolutionary Party, 1974. Project designer, National Irrigation Commission, 1938-1940. Subdirector of the Engineering Labs, National Irrigation Commission, 1940-1941.
Chief Engineer, Federal Electric Commission, 1950-1953. Director General of Hydraulic Works, Department of the Federal District, 1953-1958. Technical Director of Construction, ISSSTE Clinics, 1959-1963.
Subdirector General of the Federal Electric Commission, 1959-1970. Adviser to José López Portillo, Director General of the Federal Electric Commission, 1972-1973. Director of Public Investment, Secretariat of the Presidency, 1971-1976.
Adviser to the Federal Electric Commission, 1976-1977. Subsecretary of Decentralized Industry of the Secretariat of Patrimony and Industrial Development, 1977-1982. Director General of the Federal Electric Commission, since 1982.
Author of many articles. Technical Director of Hydraulic Resources, ICA, S.A., 1942-1950. Technical consultant to the IMSS, 1955-1966.