Javier Barros Sierra
Javier Barros Sierra | |
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Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico | |
In office 5 May 1966 – 5 May 1970 | |
Preceded by | Ignacio Chávez Sánchez |
Succeeded by | Pablo González Casanova |
Personal details | |
Born | Mexico City, Mexico | 25 February 1915
Died | 15 August 1971 Mexico City, Mexico | (aged 56)
Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Mexico |
Profession | Engineer |
Javier Barros Sierra (25 February 1915 – 5 May 1971) was a Mexican engineer and rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico during the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre.[1][2]
Career
Born in
Ciudad Universitaria, UNAM's main campus. In protest of these actions and the indiscriminate beating of UNAM's students, he resigned his post on September 23, 9 days before the massacre in Tlatelolco
. He was reinstated as Rector after the liberation of CU, a post he held until May 5, 1970.
References
- ^ Brewster, Claire. Responding to Crisis in Contemporary Mexico. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2005.
- ^ "Rectores 1946-2011". Contraloría UNAM (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 October 2021.