Assistant economist Bank of Mexico
Espinosa de los Reyes Sánchez, Jorge was born on June 20, 1920 in Federal District, Mexico. Friends with Octaviano Campos Salas, Alfredo Navarrete, and Julian Diaz Arias at the National School of Economics. Brother of Mario Espinosa de los Reyes, diplomat and public official son of Dr. Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes, surgeon, and Amparo Sánchez.
Economics degree from the National School of Economics, United Nations AM, 1940-1944, with a thesis on economic relations between Mexico and the United States. London School of Economics, 1945-1947. Professor of Economics at Mexico City College, 1948-1949, 1952-1953.
Professor of Economics at National Autonomous University, 1949, 1951-1955. Professor of Economics at the Technical Institute of Mexico, 1953-1954. Professor at Center for Monetary Studies of Latin America, 1954-1959.
Member of Institutional Revolutionary Party. Assistant Economist, Bank of Mexico, 1942-1944. Economist for the Department of Economic Statistics, Bank of Mexico, 1947-1948.
Economist and investigator for the Department of Financial Studies, Nacional Financiera, 1948-1951. Subchief of the Department of Credit in the National Bank of Agricultural Credit, 1953-1954. Program Director for the National Investment Commission, 1954-1958.
Subdirector of the Investment Commission for the Secretariat of the Presidency, 1958-1959. Director General of Industries, 1959-1961. Oficial Mayor of the Secretariat of Industry and Commerce, 1961-1964.
Subdirector of Petróleos Mexicanos, 1965-1970. Subdirector of Petróleos Mexicanos, 1971-1976. Subdirector General of the Bank of Mexico (2), 1976-1977.
Director General of the National Finance Bank, 1977-1982. Ambassador to the United States, since 1982. Member of the board of D.E.S.C., 1982.
Roman Catholic
Spouse Sofía Dávila.
