Antonio Carrillo Flores

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Antonio Carrillo Flores
Secretary of Finance and Public Credit
In office
1 December 1952 – 30 November 1958
PresidentAdolfo Ruiz Cortines
Preceded byRamón Beteta Quintana
Succeeded byAntonio Ortiz Mena
Personal details
Born(1909-06-23)23 June 1909
Died20 March 1986(1986-03-20) (aged 76)
NationalityMexican
Political partyInstitutional Revolutionary Party
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico
ProfessionLawyer, Economist

Antonio Carrillo Flores (June 23, 1909 – March 20, 1986) was a

Nabor Carrillo, rector of the National University and a distinguished scientist.[1][2]

Biography

He received his bachelor's degree in 1929 and doctor's degree in 1950 in law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).[3] He formed an early friendship at UNAM with Miguel Alemán Valdés.[4] His activities covered the fields of teaching, law enforcement, public finance and diplomacy.

He is well known for being one of the founding judges (magistrados) of the Federal Fiscal Court in 1937, (Tribunal Fiscal de la Federación) and for being

Secretary of Finance (1952-1958), ambassador to both the United States and the Soviet Union, and Secretary of Foreign Affairs
(1964-1970).

Carrillo Flores participated in the constitutional amendments during Mexico's nationalization of petroleum in 1938.

He was honored by more than 23 foreign governments, and he was named

Mexico's National College, a prestigious honorary academy.[3]

References

  1. ^ Camp, Roderic Ai, Mexican Political Biographies Second edition. Tucson: University of Arizona Press 1982, p. 52
  2. ^ (in Spanish) El túnel del tempo: más efemérides del mes de septiembre, Julián Carrillo on Clásica México, 16 November 2009
  3. ^
    El Colegio Nacional
    , accessed 19 May 2013
  4. ^ Camp, Mexican Political Biographies, p. 52