Pedro Aspe

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Pedro Carlos Aspe Armella (born July 7, 1950 in Mexico City , Mexico ) is a Mexican economist. He was finance minister (1988-1994) in the government of Carlos Salinas de Gortari , where he successfully renegotiated the foreign debt, the central bank to autonomy helped and supported a controversial privatization plan.

Aspe Amella is the son of Pedro Aspe Sais, lecturer at the Escuela Libre de Derecho and former director of El Palacio de Hierro, and Virginia Armella Maza. His great-grandfather was a federal MP in the early years of the 20th century and his grandfather coordinated the Mexican diplomatic service during Álvaro Obregón's term in office .

Aspe attended a Jesuit private school , received his bachelor's degree in economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and his doctorate in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . He has also been a member of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (social democratic party) since 1980 and received the Order of the Phoenix (1986), which is awarded by the Greek government.

Prior to joining President Sallinas' cabinet, Aspe Armella chaired ITAM's economics department; was founder and president (1982–1985) of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI; National Institute for Statistics and Geography); was Minister of Planning (1985–1987) and headed the budget and planning secretariat in the cabinet of Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado .

He has also written The Analysis of Household Composition and Economics of Scale in Consumption (1976), L'impresa nell economia aperta in presenza di incertezza (1978), and Financial Policies and the World Capital Market: The Problem of Latin American Countries (1983) .

Aspe is married to historian Concepción Bernal Verea, the daughter of the anthropologist and diplomat Ignacio Bernal, and has two daughters and two sons. He is currently CEO of Protego, SA, a consulting firm in Mexico City with offices in Monterrey , and a board member of the American International Group (AIG), McGraw-Hill and its subsidiary Standard & Poor's .

In November 2017, an investigation conducted by the International Network of Investigative Journalists included his name on the list of politicians mentioned in the Paradise Papers allegations.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-1993. In: books.google.com. Retrieved September 18, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Pedro Aspe. In: lideresmexicanos.com. March 29, 2004, archived from the original on July 25, 2005 ; accessed on September 18, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c Diccionario biográfico del gobierno mexicano. In: books.google.com. 1987, accessed September 18, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Explore The Politicians in the Paradise Papers. In: icij.org. Retrieved September 18, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Aspe, Pedro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aspe Armella, Pedro Carlos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican economist
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Mexico city