Héctor Hernández Cervantes, Economist, Bank of Mexico.
Background
Hernández Cervantes, Héctor was born on December 31, 1926 in Federal District, Mexico. Co-student at National Autonomous University with Oc-taviano Campos Salas and Horacio Flores de la Peña. Son of Benjamin Hernández Pichardo, career military, and María de la Luz Cervantes.
Education
Early education unknown. Economics degree from the National School of Economics, National Autonomous University, 1941-1945. Studies in England, 1946-1948.
Master of Arts degree in economics from the University of Melbourne, Australia, 1949-1950. Postgraduate fellowship, social sciences, El Colegio de México. Assistant Professor of Economic Theory, National School of Economics, National Autonomous University, 1958.
Professor at Center for Monetary Studies of Latin America.
Career
Economist, Bank of Mexico, 1946-1947. Assistant to the Director of the National Committee to Control Imports, 1947-1948. Secretary of the Committee on Export Prices, 1951-1952.
Subdirector of Economic Research, National Finance Bank. Subdirector of Economic Studies, Secretariat of the Treasury, 1958. Director General of Trade, Secretariat of Industry and Commerce, 1961.
Director General of International Studies, Secretariat of the Treasury, 1970-1976. Subsecretary of Trade, 1976. Subsecretary of Foreign Trade, Secretariat of Commerce, 1976-1982.