Giancarlo Ibarguen

Giancarlo Ibárgüen
Born	Giancarlo Ibárgüen Segovia October 15, 1963 Guatemala City, Guatemala
Died	March 9, 2016(2016-03-09) (aged 53) Guatemala City, Guatemala
Occupation(s)	Academic, businessman
Years active	1988–2016
Known for	President 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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

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

• 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)