Mauricio de Maria Campos (13 October 1943 – 24 May 2021) was a Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and former Mexican Ambassador to South Africa.

Personal life

Mauricio de María y Campos was born in Mexico City. He obtained a BA Degree in Economics at the

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(UNAM) and a master's degree of Arts in Economic Development at

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. He died in his home in Mexico City on 24 May 2021.

Career

* Undersecretary for Industrial Development at the Ministry for Trade and Industrial Development (1989–1992) * Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) (1993–1997) * Ambassador at Large for Special UN Projects and Advisor to the Undersecretary for United Nations, Africa and Middle Eastern Affairs (

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, 1998–2001) * Mexican Ambassador to South Africa (March 2002 – 2007) * Director of the Instituto de Investigaciones sobre Desarrollo Sustentable y Equidad Social de la Universidad Iberoamericana (2013?) * President of the Centro Tepoztlán (2014–2018) * Member of the Instituto para el Desarrollo Industrial y el Crecimiento Económico (IDIC) * Associate Researcher at the Center for Economic Studies (CEE) of El Colegio de México *

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References

1943 births 2021 deaths United Nations Industrial Development Organization people Mexican officials of the United Nations Ambassadors of Mexico to South Africa People from Mexico City {{Mexico-bio-stub