Miguel Mancera Aguayo, Mexican banker. Recipient Gran Oficial De La Orden De Rio Branco, Brasil, 1983; officer de la Legion de Honneur, France, 1990; recipient prize in economics, Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, 1992, medal Ciudad de Mexico, 1993.
Background
Mancera Aguayo, Miguel was born on December 18, 1932 in Federal District, Mexico. Son of Rafael Mancera Ortiz, subsecretary of treasury, 1948-1958, and Maria Luisa Aguayo Cendejas brother, Gabriel, an accountant in Mancera Brothers. Attended Yale with Jesús Silva Herzog.
Education
Early education unknown. Economics degree, Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico, 1951-1956. Master of Arts in economics, Yale University, 1959-1960.
Professor of Political Economy, Free Law School, 1957. Professor of International Trade, Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico, 1958-1964, and Center for Monetary Studies of Latin America, 1962-1964.
Career
Employee, Public Investment Committee, Presidency, 1957-1958. Joined the Bank of Mexico as an economist, 1958-1962. Administrator, Fund for the Export of Manufactured Goods (FOMEX), 1962-1967.
Manager, Department of International Affairs, Bank of Mexico, 1967-1971. Subdirector General of International Affairs, Bank of Mexico, 1971-1973. Subdirector General of Finances, Bank of Mexico, 1973-1982.
Director General of the Bank of Mexico, 1982. Director General of the Bank of Mexico, since 1982. Employee, Bank of Commerce, 1953-1956.
Worked in the Bank of England and other English banks. Resigned as director general of the Bank of Mexico after the nationalization of the private banks, September 2, 1982.
Religion
Roman Catholic
Membership
Board governors Society Friends National Museum Art. Member treasury committee Fundación para las letras Mexicanas. Board directors Fundacion Mexicana para el Desarrollo Rural, Fundacion Mexicana para el Education, la tech y la ciencia.
Board directors Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza, Fundación Gonzalo Río Arronte, Foundation Merced, Centro Mexicano para la Filantropía. Economic advisory committee Institute Mexico Ejecutivos Finanzas. Member Colegio Nacional de Economistas, Asociación Nacional de Ex-Alumnos del Institute Tecnologico Autónomo de Méx, Yale University Alumni Association, Yale University Club de Mexico.
Interests
Reading, classical music, riding.
Connections
Married Sonia Corcuera, July 18, 1959. Children: Miguel, Carlos, Jaime, Alvaro, Gonzalo.
Recipient Gran Oficial De La Orden De Rio Branco, Brasil, 1983. Officer de la Legion de Honneur, France, 1990. Recipient prize in economics, Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, 1992, medal Ciudad de Mexico, 1993.
Recipient Gran Oficial De La Orden De Rio Branco, Brasil, 1983. Officer de la Legion de Honneur, France, 1990. Recipient prize in economics, Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, 1992, medal Ciudad de Mexico, 1993.