A native of Guatemala, Manuel Ayau is the Founder and Rector Emeritus of the
Universidad Francisco Marroquín, a leading private university in Latin America. He
obtained a bachelor in science degree, in mechanical engineering, from Louisiana State
University in 1950, an honorary doctor of human letters degree from Hillsdale College in
1973, and an honorary doctor of laws degree from Northwood University in 1994. A member
of the Mont Pelerin Society since 1964, he was its President from 1978-80. He sits on the
board of directors of the Liberty Fund in Indianapolis, and is a trustee of the
Foundation for Economic Education in New York. In Guatemala, Dr. Ayau entered politics as
a member of congress from 1970-74, and as presidential candidate in the 1990 elections.
Twice he sat on the board of directors of the Central Bank. He has served as
vice-president of Guatemala's National Electrification Institute (INDE), trustee of
the Philadelphia Society, and honorary member of the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor
society. Nowadays, he is President of Asociación Civil proReforma del Estado de
Guatemala, which is spearheading a wholly new type of constitution for Latin
America.

Articles

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El Problema del Socialismo, Eleutheria (UFM) (2006)
 

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Emprobreciendo a los pobres, Eleutheria (UFM) (2005)
 

Books

Cómo mejorar el nivel de vida (with Gonzalo Asturias Montenegro) (1982)
 

Presentations

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Presentación del Proyecto proReforma a alumnos de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Auditorio Friedrich A. Hayek, Universidad Francisco Marroquín (2008)
El proyecto de la Asociación proReforma fue presentado por el Dr. Manuel F. Ayau Cordón...
 

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Relación entre derecho y economía, Escuela de Negocios, EN-606, Universidad Francisco Marroquín (2007)
El Dr. Manuel Ayau, muestra la relación que existe entre Derecho y Economía. Evidencia las...
 

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¿Cómo nació la UFM?, Auditorio Friedrich A. Hayek, Universidad Francisco Marroquín (2006)
 

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La importancia de la Ley de costos comparados, Auditorio Friedrich A. Hayek, Universidad Francisco Marroquín (2006)
 

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Ideas esenciales del Liberalismo, ESEADE, Universidad Francisco Marroquín (2002)