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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No.
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION



    A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Sergio Aguilera, the consul of Mexico in Indianapolis.



Mahern, Aguilera




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Introduced

First Regular Session of the 113th General Assembly (2003)


HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION



    A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Sergio Aguilera, the consul of Mexico in Indianapolis.

    Whereas, Sergio Aguilera, the consul of Mexico in Indianapolis, has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in service to Mexico and the Mexican people;

    Whereas, Mr. Aguilera, the youngest of five children, was born in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, on February 9, 1942;
    Whereas, Mr. Aguilera's education includes a bachelor of arts degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), with his thesis entitled, "The Prohibition of the Recourse to Force under the U.N. Charter" and a master of arts from Columbia University, where his program concentrated on methodology of international relations, with a minor course of study on Latin America;

    Whereas, In addition to Spanish, Mr. Aguilera speaks, reads, and writes English, and translates French, Italian, and Portuguese;

    Whereas, In 1966, Mr. Aguilera joined the Mexican Foreign Service as commercial attache to the Consulate General of Mexico in New York. He resigned two years later and accepted a scholarship to study at Columbia University in New York;

    Whereas, In 1970, Mr. Aguilera returned to the Mexican Foreign Service and served as the advisor to the

Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs and began working in the International Division of the National Bank of Mexico, the largest commercial bank in the country;

    Whereas, Mr. Aguilera eventually left the foreign service and was appointed the Agent and General Manager of the Bank of Mexico in Los Angeles, California;

    Whereas, Mr. Aguilera continued to work for the Bank of Mexico until 1989, when he became the Senior Vice President of Banca Sefin and an advisor on International Banking matters to the CEO. He continued working at Banca Sefin until November 1991, when the President of Mexico appointed him the Consul General of Mexico in Toronto, Canada;

    Whereas, Mr. Aguilera has also served as Consul General to Sydney, Australia, and Shanghai, China;

    Whereas, On April 30, 2002, President Vicente Fox of Mexico appointed Mr. Aguilera the Consul of Mexico in Indianapolis; and

    Whereas, During his distinguished career, Mr. Aguilera has taught at the School of Political and Social Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and at the University of the Americas, written countless essays and articles in specialized journals and periodicals, Mexican newspapers, and magazines: Therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives

of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana,

the Senate concurring:


    SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly wishes to welcome Mr. Sergio Aguilera to Indiana and to thank him for the many contributions he has made to improve the relationship between Mexico and the United States.
    SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of Representatives shall transmit a copy of this resolution to Sergio Aguilera and President Vicente Fox of Mexico.