Jesús Rodríguez y Rodríguez

Background

Rodríguez y Rodríguez, Jesús was born on March 2, 1920 in Federal District, Mexico. Son of Jesús Rodríguez de la Fuente, public official, and Margarita Rodríguez Tesorero.

Education

Preparatory studies at the Colegio Francés Morelos, Mexico City. Law studies, National School of Law, National Autonomous University, 1937-1941, graduating with his thesis on the “History and Politics of the Municipality in Mexico,” 1942. Professor of Administrative Law, National School of Law, National Autonomous University, 1944-1954.

Professor of the State in Economic Life, National School of Economics, National Autonomous University. Secretary of the School of Law under Dean Mario de la Cueva.

Career

Joined Institutional Revolutionary Party, 1942. Lawyer, Office of Public Debt, Secretariat of the Treasury, 1942-1943. Secretary, Federal Tax Court, 1943-1944.

Director, Department of Securities and Finance, Secretariat of the Treasury, 1945-1946. Director of Services, Department of the Federal District, 1947-1952. Alternate member of the National Price Commission, 1946-1949.

Vice President of the National Price Commission, 1950-1952. Private Secretary to the Director General of the IMSS, Antonio Ortiz Mena, 1953-1958. Subdirector of Credit, Secretariat of the Treasury, 1958.

Subsecretary of the Treasury, 1958-1964. Subsecretary of the Treasury, 1964-1970. Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank, 1971-1978.

President, Inter-American Committee of the Alliance for Progress, Washington, D.C. President, Price Institute, 1980-1982. Director General of the Bank of Credit and Services, 1982.

Director of the National Lottery, since 1982.

Religion

Roman Catholic

Connections

Spouse Leonor Montero.

Father:

Jesús Rodríguez

Spouse:

Leonor Montero