Mario Ramón Beteta Monsalve, Governor of the State of México, since 1987.
Background
Beteta Monsalve, Mario Ramón was born on July 7, 1925 in Federal District, Mexico. Nephew of Ramón Beteta, former Secretary of the Treasury, 1946-1952. Son of General Ignacio Beteta Quintana, Chief of Staff during the presidency of Lázaro Cárdenas and well-known Mexican artist.
Education
Primary and secondary studies in the Federal District. Law degree from the National School of Law, National Autonomous University, December 4, 1948, with a thesis on the responsibility for illegal acts. Master of Arts in Economics, University of Wisconsin, June 16, 1950, with a thesis on the institutional focus of economic planning.
Professor at Secondary Schools No. 8 and 10, Federal District, 1945-1948. Professor of Introductory Economics, National School of Economics, 1954-1956.
Professor of Monetary Theory, National School of Economics, National Autonomous University, 1951-1959.
Career
Governor of the State of México, since 1987. Member of the New Advisory Council of the Institute of Economic, Political, and Social Studies of Institutional Revolutionary Party, in charge of structural reforms of the party, 1972. Advisor to the Office of the Director General of the Bank of Mexico.
Assistant to the Gerente of the Bank of Mexico. Subgerente of the Bank of Mexico, 1957. Gerente of the Bank of Mexico, 1960-1963.
Director General of Credit of the Secretariat of the Treasury, 1964-1970. Subsecretary of the Treasury, 1970-1975. Secretary of the Treasury, 1975-1976.
President of the SOMEX Group, 1977-1982. Director General of Petróleos Mexicanos, 1982-1987. Investigator of the Department of Economic Studies of the Bank of Mexico, 1948.
Mexican delegate to major international monetary conferences.