Mauricio de María y Campos

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.

Mauricio de María Campos
Director-General, UNIDO
In office 1993 – December 1997
Preceded by	Domingo Siazon, Jr.
Succeeded by	Carlos Alfredo Magariños
Personal details
Born	(1943-10-13)13 October 1943 Mexico City, Mexico
Died	24 May 2021(2021-05-24) (aged 77) Mexico City, Mexico
Alma mater	National Autonomous University of Mexico

Personal life

Mauricio de María y Campos was born in Mexico City. He obtained a BA Degree in Economics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and a master's degree of Arts in Economic Development at Sussex University.^[1]

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)^[2]
• Ambassador at Large for Special UN Projects and Advisor to the Undersecretary for United Nations, Africa and Middle Eastern Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, 1998–2001)
• Mexican Ambassador to South Africa (March 2002 – 2007)^[3]
• Director of the Instituto de Investigaciones sobre Desarrollo Sustentable y Equidad Social de la Universidad Iberoamericana (2013?)^[4][5]
• President of the Centro Tepoztlán (2014–2018)^[6]
• Member of the Instituto para el Desarrollo Industrial y el Crecimiento Económico (IDIC)^[7]
• Associate Researcher at the Center for Economic Studies (CEE) of El Colegio de México^[8]
• Columnist at El Financiero^[9]