Antonio Enríquez Savignac (born August 17, 1931 in

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

–d. February, 2007) was a Mexican politician who served as Secretary of Tourism in the cabinet of President

Miguel de la Madrid Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado (; 12 December 1934 – 1 April 2012) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 59th president of Mexico from 1982 to 1988. Inheriting a severe economic an ...

and as Secretary-General of the

United Nations World Tourism Organization The United Nations World Tourism Organization or UN Tourism (formerly UNWTO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations which promotes responsible, sustainable and universally-accessible tourism. Its headquarters are in Madrid, Spain. Othe ...

(UNWTO).

Education

Enríquez held a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years ...

administration Administration may refer to: Management of organizations * Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal: the process of dealing with or controlling things or people. ** Administrative assistant, traditionally known as a se ...

from the

University of Ottawa The University of Ottawa (), often referred to as uOttawa or U of O, is a Official bilingualism in Canada, bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on directly to the northeast of Downtown Ot ...

and a

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular ...

from

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Career

From 1960 to 1963 Enríquez Savignac served in the

Inter-American Development Bank The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB or IADB) is an international development finance institution headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States of America. It serves as one of the leading sources of development financing for the countri ...

. In 1963 he went back to Mexico to work in the central bank as advisor to the General Director. In 1969 he created the ''Fondo Nacional de Fomento al Turismo'' (FONATUR), the main Mexican office in charge of the tourism development and promotion; he served as Director of the FONATUR. In 1982 President

designated him as Secretary of Tourism; he left that position in 1988. From 1990 to 1996 he served as Secretary-General of the

(UNWTO).Shackleford, P. (2020), "The Second Term of Antonio Enríquez Savignac", A History of the World Tourism Organization, Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 241-245.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Enriquez Savignac, Antonio 1931 births 2007 deaths Harvard Business School alumni Secretaries of tourism of Mexico University of Ottawa alumni Mexican people of French descent World Tourism Organization people Mexican officials of the United Nations