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Francisco Gil Díaz (born 2 September 1943 in Mexico City) is a Mexican economist who served as Secretary of Finance in the cabinet of President Vicente Fox and currently serves as regional chairman of Telefónica for Mexico and Central America.[3]
Francisco Gil Díaz | |
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| Secretary of Finance and Public Credit | |
| In office 1 December 2000 – 30 November 2006 | |
| President | Vicente Fox |
| Preceded by | José Ángel Gurría |
| Succeeded by | Agustín Carstens |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 September 1943 Mexico City, Mexico[1] |
| Political party | Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)[1] |
| Alma mater | Autonomous Technology Institute of Mexico, University of Chicago[2] |
| Profession | Economist |
Gil Díaz is the son of Francisco Gil Arias, a fisherman, and Ana María Díaz Perches. He is married to Margarita White and has four children: two males and two females.
He received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Autonomous Technology Institute of Mexico (ITAM) and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago, in the United States.[1] He sits on the board of the Ibero-American University and the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.[2]
In the public sector Gil Díaz has served as Undersecretary of Finance (1988–1994) and Vice-Governor of the Mexican central bank (1994–1997). In the private sector he worked as CEO of Avantel, a Mexican telephone and internet service provider (1997 - November 2000).[4]
Gil Díaz joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in 1979 and taught economics at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, where he is also an emeritus professor[2] and where he also received an honorary degree in May 2009.[5]
Gil Díaz is married to Margarita White de la Peña[1] and has four children, including Francisco and Cristina Gil-White.
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