National Research and Technology Council (Mexico)

The National Research and Technology Council (Mexico), CONACYT, was created by disposition of the Chamber of Representatives of the Unión on December 29, 1970 with the character of a non-centralized public organization integrated into the education system, with its own juridic personality and patrimony. CONACYT is responsible of formulate and impulse the policies in scientific and technological aiming to contribute with the consolidation of the Mexican economy and the development of the country of which to instruments are fundamental.

Heads of the council
  • Ing. Eugenio Méndez Docurro, 1971–1972
  • Dr. Gerardo Bueno Zirion, 1973–1976
  • Dr. Edmundo Flores Flores, 1977–1982
  • Dr. Hector Mayagoita Domínguez, 1983–1988
  • Dr. José Gerstl Valenzuela, 1988–1988
  • Dr. Manuel V. Ortega Ortega, 1989–1990
  • Dr. Fausto Alzati Araiza, 1991–1994
  • Lic. Carlos Bazdresch Parada, 1995–2000
  • Ing. Jaime Parada Ávila, 2001–2005
  • Dr. Gustavo Chapela Castañares, 2005–2006
  • Mtro. Juan Carlos Romero Hicks, 2007–2011
  • Dr José Enrique Villa Rivera 2011–2013
  • Dr. Enrique Cabrero Mendoza 2013–

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