Ramón Beteta Quintana (7 October 1901 – 5 October 1965) was a Mexican politician.

Biography

Ramón Beteta Quintana was born on 7 October 1901, in

Hermosillo Hermosillo (), formerly called Pitic (as in ''Santísima Trinidad del Pitic'' and ''Presidio del Pitic''), is a city in the center of the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the municipal seat of the Hermosillo municipality, the state's ...

(though it was registered 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 ...

). He was the son of Enrique Beteta Méndez and Sara Quintana, brother of Major General , and uncle of

Mario Ramón Beteta Mario Ramón Beteta Monsalve (7 July 1925 – 5 October 2004) was a Mexican economist who served as the last Secretary of Finance (Mexico), Secretary of Finance in the cabinet of President Luis Echeverría (1975–76), as director-general of Pe ...

. He studied at the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public university, public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 stud ...

between 1920 and 1923, graduating with a degree in economics. He then attended the

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public university, public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countri ...

(UNAM), obtaining a degree in law in 1926, and then becoming the first student to obtain a Ph.D. in Social Sciences at that school in 1934. Beteta was one of the founders of the National School of Economics at the UNAM, where he taught from 1924 to 1942. He also taught at law school, taught at the National Preparatory School (1925-1928), and taught in secondary schools in Mexico City. He became a member of the League of professionals and intellectuals in the PRM in 1939. He managed the 1945 election campaign for president

Miguel Alemán Valdés Miguel Alemán Valdés (; 29 September 1900 – 14 May 1983) was a Mexican politician who served a full term as the President of Mexico from 1946 to 1952, the first civilian president after a string of revolutionary generals. His administ ...

. Beteta held various positions in three presidential administrations: Director-General of the Department of National Statistics of the Department of Industry and Trade from 1933 to 1935; Deputy Foreign Minister from 1936 to 1940; and

Secretary of Finance and Public Credit The Secretariat of the Treasury and Public Credit (, SHCP) is the finance minister, finance ministry of Mexico. The Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the department, and is a member of the Mexican Executive Cabinet, federal executive cabi ...

from 1946 to 1952. Later he was the Ambassador of Mexico in Italy (1952-1955) and Greece (1955-1958). Towards the end of his life he became involved in journalism as Director-General of the ''Novedades'' and the ''Diario de la Tarde'' between 1958 and 1964. He died of a heart attack on 5 October 1965, aged 63.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Quintana, Ramon Beteta 1901 births 1965 deaths National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Secretaries of finance of Mexico Politicians from Hermosillo 20th-century Mexican politicians University of Texas at Austin alumni Academic staff of the National Autonomous University of Mexico Ambassadors of Mexico to Italy