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ALFREDO CHAVERO E HIJAR

Alfredo Chavero e Híjar, born on December 24, 1900 in Mexico City and died in
1980, was a Mexican public accountant. He was founder, professor and director of
several of the most important accounting education institutions in Mexico City, and
also of several of the most important accounting firms in the country. This in
addition to his role as a public official, since he was at the head of various
associations and institutions. Like many of his contemporaries, he was a faithful
believer that the economic development of a nation depends on education, and he
was convinced that it is essential that those responsible for this task actively
participate in it. From this ideology, his work as founder of important institutions
dedicated to teaching and accounting regulations was reflected.
He studied at the Superior School of Commerce and Administration, obtaining his
degree on October 30, 1920. He obtained a scholarship sponsored by the London
School of Economics and Political science to continue his studies in Economic
Sciences at the Universities of London; with which he acquired important
knowledge about accounting trends in Europe and the United States.
His work as a teacher spanned three decades and he was present in the best
institutions for teaching business and commercial disciplines. In 1930 Alfredo
Chavero entered the teaching staff of the Banking School of the Bank of Mexico, at
the invitation of Manuel Gómez Morin and Alberto Mascarenes Navarro, to teach
the class of Higher Mercantile Calculations and Financial Operations.
As a public official, he was General Director of National Assets, executive member
of the Public Debt Adjustment Commission, member of the National Budget
Commission; member secretary of the National Banking Commission and technical
deputy director of the Mexican Institute of Social Security, among other positions
related to economic planning and social security. He was a member of the Mexican
Institute of Public Accountants of Mexico, a founding member in 1924 and
president from 1935 to 1938.