HANK, CARLOS GONZALEZ (MEXICO)

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06794092
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: May 16, 2019
• Case Number: F-2018-01761
• Publication Date: May 26, 1993

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UNCLASSIFIEH
MEXICO
Carlos HANK Gonzalez
HANK
Secretary of Agriculture and Hydraulic Resources (since 1990)
Businessman and political leader Carlos Hank holds primary responsibility for carrying
out President Carlos Salinas's directives for modernizing the agricultural sector,
including reform of the land tenure system. He also has been active in water-rights
issues, particularly in the arid northwestern states.
Hank was born on 28 August 1927. After graduating from the Normal School of Toluca
in Mexico State, he taught primary and secondary education for several years. He
later went into business and acquired several enterprises, including trucking and
heavy equipment manufacturing plants and real estate. He served as mayor of Toluca
(1955-57) and as federal deputy from Mexico State (1958-61), as well as assistant
manager of sales (1961-64) of CONASUPO, the government agency that controls the price
and distribution of basic commodities. He was Governor of Mexico State (1969-75)
before being named mayor of Mexico City in 1976. He returned to the private sector
in 1982, where he worked until his appointment as Secretary of Tourism in December
1988. He held that post until assuming his current duties.
LDA M 93-12540
05/26/1993
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