Agustín Carstens

Agustín Guillermo Carstens Carstens (born 9 June 1958 in Mexico City) is a Mexican economist who has served as Governor of the Bank of Mexico since 1 January 2010 and was recently seeking to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as managing director of the International Monetary Fund. In addition, Carstens, along with Christine Lagarde, was one of the two final candidates to become the managing director of the International Monetary Fund. He previously served as Secretary of Finance in the cabinet of Felipe Calderón (2006–09), as deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (2003–06) and as Treasurer of the Bank of Mexico. Carstens graduated with a bachelor's degree in Economics from the Autonomous Technological Institute of...