Alfredo de Sarachaga was an accomplished businessman in the
Petrochemical
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Industry. He was a Mexican diplomat, and for over 20 years was Pemex's New York financial director,
de facto,
CEO
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CEOs find roles in variou ...
Pemex
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America.
Alfredo de Sarachaga was born a Mexican of
basque
Basque may refer to:
* Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France
* Basque language, their language
Places
* Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France
* Basque Country (autonomous co ...
descent, heir of Alexis de Sarachaga and son of Ricardo de Sarachaga and Maria Luisa Carrouche, both of
Bilbao
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.
He married Lidia Garcia de Leon y Avellaneda. His wife was the
maternal aunt of
Dionisio Meade y Garcia de Leon
Dionisio Meade y García de León is a former member of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico and current president of the UNAM Foundation (FUNAM). In 2011 he was Director of Institutional Relations for the Bank of Mexico.
Education
He studied eco ...
, father of Jose Antonio Meade, all part of the prominent Mexican political family
Garcia de Leon family of Mexico. The couple had several children, three of them being daughters.
[Barton Allan Forbes Marries Lydia Tatiana de Sarachaga PERMISSIONS Special to The New York Times. (); December 04, 1961]
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