birth_place allegiance nationality birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name occupation
tampico , tamaulipas mexico mexican 18 october 1956 member state of michoacán mexican council on foreign relations -lrb- comexi of -rrb- mexico 's 57th congress governor of the 1997 2003 2003 carlos heredia
 2000 2008 2006 carlos heredia politician/economist
carlos heredia

carlos heredia is a mexican economist born in tampico , tamaulipas in 1956 .
heredia served as a -lrb- prd -rrb- member of mexico 's 57th congress from 1997 to 2000 .
he has held senior positions with mexico 's treasury department and the government of mexico city .
he was senior advisor on international affairs to lázaro cárdenas-batel , governor of the state of michoacán , from 2003 to 2008 .
he was the economic and international affairs spokesperson of the presidential campaign of cuauhtémoc cárdenas in 2000 and has since been his advisor in the foundation for democracy .
carlos heredia has worked for almost thirty years with development ngos , including two of mexico 's leading organizations of civil society , equipo pueblo and iniciativa ciudadana para la promoción de la cultura del diálogo .
heredia was part of the independent task force on building a north american community , sponsored by the council on foreign relations in 2005 .
he is a member of the international committee of the latin american migrant community summit .
since 2008 he has served on the advisory board of the mexico institute at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars in washington dc .
he is a founding member and current associate of the mexican council on foreign relations -lrb- comexi -rrb- and served as its vice president during 2003-2006 .
he served as the co-director of the binational task force on the u.s.-mexico border , sponsored by comexi and the pacific council on international policy -lrb- pcip -rrb- in 2009 .
heredia attended itam in mexico city and graduated from mcgill university in montréal , canada .
he has taught at itam and the tampico campus of the monterrey tech .
heredia has authored over 80 articles in specialized journals and half a dozen book chapters on economics , multilateral banks , foreign policy , international cooperation , international relations of subnational governments , migration , north american integration and mexico-china bilateral relations .
he writes a sunday column for milenio and is a frequent commentator in mexican news media , including w radio .
he is currently an associate professor at the china studies unit of the center for research and teaching in economics -lrb- cide -rrb- in mexico city .
