Giancarlo Ibarguen

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Giancarlo Ibárgüen
Born
Giancarlo Ibárgüen Segovia

October 15, 1963
Guatemala City, Guatemala
DiedMarch 9, 2016(2016-03-09) (aged 53)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
NationalityGuatemalan
Occupation(s)Academic, businessman
Years active1988–2016
Known forPresident of Universidad Francisco Marroquín

Giancarlo Ibárgüen (October 15, 1963 – March 9, 2016) was a Guatemalan businessman and academic.[1] He served as President of the Universidad Francisco Marroquín from 2003 to August 14, 2013.[1][2][3]

Early life[edit]

Giancarlo Ibarguen was born on October 15, 1963, in Guatemala City, Guatemala. His father was Roberto Andres Ibargüen and his mother Lillian Segovia de Ibargüen.[1] He received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering with honors from Texas A&M University in 1985.[1][2]

Career[edit]

Academia[edit]

Ibarguen started his career at the Universidad Francisco Marroquín as a professor of economics.[1] He was a member of the board of directors of UFM from 1992 till his death.[1] From 1995 to 2003, he served as its secretary general.[1] Starting in 2003, he was its president.[1][2] Starting in 2005, he was the Director of the Centro Henry Hazlitt (a research center in honor of Henry Hazlitt) at UFM.[1]

Ibarguen was a founding editor of the magazine Intuición and sat on the editorial board of Gerencia magazine from 1992 to 1994.[1] He sat on the advisory board of the Society for Philosophical Inquiry.[1] He was also a board member of the Asociación de Gerentes de Guatemala and the Society for Philosophical Inquiry.[1] His work has been published in Telecommunications Policy, Siglo Veintiuno, The Wall Street Journal, etc.[1][2]

Think tanks[edit]

Ibarguen was a member of the board of directors of the Centro de Estudios Económicos Sociales since 1990.[1][2] In 1991, he was a founding member of the Asociación por el Poder Local (APOLO).[1][2] From 2005 to 2006, he served as vice president of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, and as its president from 2006 to 2007.[1][2] Starting in 2007, he was a board member of the Liberty Fund in Indianapolis, Indiana.[1][2] In 2008, he joined the board of trustees of the Philadelphia Society.[1][4] Since 2005, he sat on the Board of Advisors of AIESEC.[1] He served as secretary on the board of directors of the Mont Pelerin Society.[2][5] In 2009, he received the Guardian of Freedom award from the Acton Institute.[2] A libertarian, he argued that the United States government should end its War on Drugs to put an end to violence in Guatemala.[6]

Business[edit]

From 2006 to 2008, Ibarguen served as an Advisor to the Partners in Learning program of the Microsoft Corporation.[1] He served on the Boards of Directors of Samboro, Glifos, Belluno, and Algodón Superior.[1]

Personal life[edit]

Ibarguen was married to Isabel Dougherty de Ibárgüen for 32 years. They have three children; Cristobal, Sebastian (married to Carolina Escobar) and Sofia, with one grandchild; Tiago [1][2]

Ibarguen's best friends were Rafael and Chiqui Borjes. They have three children; his favorite nephew and nieces, Rafa, Anna Carlota and Andrea.

Death[edit]

In 2009, Ibarguen was diagnosed with ALS, which led to his death on March 9, 2016, in Guatemala City, Guatemala.[7][8]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Constitucion, Socialismo y Mercantilismo en America Latina (co-written with Manuel Ayau, Nicomedes Zuloaga, Leonor Filardo, Hugo Faria, Enrique Ghersi, Marcelo Loprete, 2008)
  • Facetas liberales. Ensayos en honor de Manuel F. Ayau (co-edited with Alberto Benegas Lynch, 2011)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Giancarlo Ibárgüen S." Hispanic American Center for Economic Research.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Munkel, Anielka (November 25, 2009). "Acton Institute presents Guardian of Freedom Award to Giancarlo Ibargüen". Action PowerBlog. Action Institute.
  3. ^ "Fallece reconocido académico de la UFM Giancarlo Ibargüen – elPeriódico de Guatemala". elPeriodico. Archived from the original on 2016-03-11.
  4. ^ "The Philadelphia Society: Trustees". Archived from the original on August 27, 2013.
  5. ^ "Mont Pelerin Society Board of Directors".
  6. ^ The Drug War in Guatemala – A Conversation with Giancarlo Ibarguen, Reason Foundation, October 21, 2011
  7. ^ Zuñiga, Rebeca (2016-03-10). "Giancarlo Ibárgüen S. (1963–2016): A Champion of Liberty". The Beacon. Independent Institute. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  8. ^ Vasquez, Ian (2016-03-09). "Remembering Giancarlo Ibarguen (1963–2016)". Cato @ Liberty. Cato Institute. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
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