Juan Carlos Echeverry (politician)

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Juan Carlos Echeverry
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68th Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia
In office
7 August 2010 – 3 September 2012
PresidentJuan Manuel Santos
Preceded byÓscar Iván Zuluaga Escobar
Succeeded byMauricio Cárdenas Santa María
Director of the National Planning Department of Colombia
In office
27 August 2000 – 7 August 2002
PresidentAndrés Pastrana Arango
Preceded byMauricio Cárdenas Santa María
Succeeded bySantiago Montenegro Trujillo
Personal details
Born (1962-09-12) 12 September 1962 (age 58)
Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
NationalityColombian
Spouse(s)Verónica Navas Ospina (2004-present)
ChildrenGabriel Echeverry Navas
Gregorio Echeverry Navas
Alma materUniversity of the Andes (BA.)
New York University (PhD)
ProfessionEconomist
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Juan Carlos Echeverry Garzón (born 12 September 1962) is a Colombian economist and former president of Ecopetrol, an oil and gas company. He served as the 68th Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia from 2010 to 2012. He is the president of Econcept, a financial consulting firm in Bogotá and is an Associate Professor of Economics at University of the Andes. He was also a visiting professor at IE Business School, Madrid in 2013.[1]

He served as Colombia's Minister of Economic Planning from 2000 to 2002 and held the position of Dean of Economics at the University of the Andes from 2002-2006. He was appointed finance minister by Colombia's President-elect Juan Manuel Santos on June 22, 2010.[2]

Echeverry has a Ph.D. in Economics from New York University[3] and a B.A. in Economics from the University of the Andes. Echeverry writes a weekly editorial for CNN en Español.

References[]

  1. ^ "Profesores Visitantes/ Professors who visit us - IE Claustro". Vdcav.blogs.ie.edu. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Santos names Echeverry finance minister". Colombiareports.com. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  3. ^ "BobCat - Juan Carlos Echeverry". Bobcat.library.nyu.edu. Retrieved 4 December 2017.


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