Graciela Márquez Colín
Graciela Márquez Colín is a Mexican academic and economist. She currently holds the position as the Mexican Minister of Economy by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.[1] Previously she was Professor of Economic History at the El Colegio de Mexico in Mexico City where she was a full professor at the Centro de Estudios Historicos.
Graciela Márquez Colín | |
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Secretary of Economy | |
Assumed office 1 December 2018 | |
President | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
Preceded by | Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal |
Personal details | |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Occupation | Academic |
In 2002 she received her Ph.D. from Harvard University in Economic History. Her Ph.D. dissertation was titled "The Political Economy of Mexican Protectionism, 1868-1911" and was awarded the Gershenkron Prize in 2002 by the Economic History Association. She is an expert in the areas of economic history, protectionism, fiscal policies, and the economics of contemporary Mexico.
Her husband is Banxico's deputy governor Gerardo Esquivel.
References
- "AMLO announced his cabinet in December; this is who they are". Mexico News Daily. July 3, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
1. El Colegio de Mexico profile page: http://ceh.colmex.mx/index.php/planta-docente