Alberto Carrasquilla Barrera
{{short description|Colombian politician and economist|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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|office = Minister of Finance and Public Credit
|president = Iván Duque
|term_start = {{start date|2018|8|7|df=y}}
|term_end = {{end date|2021|5|3|df=y}}
|predecessor = Mauricio Cárdenas
|successor = José Manuel Restrepo
|term_start1 = {{start date|2003|6|20|df=y}}
|term_end1 = {{end date|2007|3|7|df=y}}
|president1 = Álvaro Uribe
|predecessor1 = Roberto Bonnet
|successor1 = Óscar Iván Zuluaga
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|04|24|df=y}}
|birth_place = Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
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|nationality = Colombian
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|alma_mater = {{ubl|University of the Andes (B.Sc.)|University of Illinois (M.Sc., Ph.D)}}
|profession = Economist
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Alberto Carrasquilla Barrera (born April 24, 1959) is a Colombian politician who served as the Minister of Finance and Public Credit under the government of President Iván Duque, and previously under President Álvaro Uribe. In May 2021 he resigned office over the protests surrounding a controversial tax reform in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |publisher=Ecos de Colombia |title=Alberto Carrasquilla Barrera es el nuevo ministro de Hacienda y Crédito Público del gobierno Duque, el ladrón más grande del gobierno Colombiano en los últimos años! |language=Spanish |accessdate=9 August 2018 |url=http://www.ecosdelcombeima.com/politica/nota-129208-alberto-carrasquilla-barrera-es-el-nuevo-ministro-de-hacienda-y-credito-publico}}{{cite web |author=Government of Colombia |title=ALBERTO CARRASQUILLA – Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público |date=7 August 2018 |accessdate=10 August 2018 |url=http://id.presidencia.gov.co/gobierno/minhacienda}}{{Cite web|last=Espectador|first=El|date=2021-05-03|title=ELESPECTADOR.COM|url=https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/economia/es-oficial-ivan-duque-acepta-renuncia-de-alberto-carrasquilla-como-minhacienda/|access-date=2021-05-03|website=ELESPECTADOR.COM|language=spanish}}
Education
Carrasquilla studied economics at the University of Los Andes in Bogotá and has a doctorate from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.Helen Murphy, Carlos Vargas and Nelson Bocanegra (July 11, 2018), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-cabinet/colombias-duque-names-alberto-carrasquilla-as-his-finance-minister-idUSKBN1K12Y3 Colombia's Duque names Alberto Carrasquilla as his finance minister] Reuters.
Career
- Technical Manager of the Bank of the Republic
- Economist, Research leader for the Inter-American Development Bank.
- Dean of the Economics Department at the University of the Andes.
- Colombian Viceminister of Finance in 2002.
- Was elected President of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund Development Committee in 2005.
- elected President of the Andean Fomenting Corporation Directorate since 2006.
- (Inactive) member of the Latin American Financial Affairs Committee (CLAAF).
- As Minister of Finance and Public Credit receives an honorary membership to the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia, President of the Executive Directorate of Bank of the Republic, member of the Executive Directorate of Ecopetrol and member of the Latin American Reserves Fund (FLAR)
- Was a weekly columnist of the Colombian newspaper of El Espectador and El Tiempo in Bogotá.
Other activities
- Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2018)[https://www.bcie.org/en/about-us/organizational-structure/governors/ Board of Governors] Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI).
- Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2018)[http://www.iic.org/en/who-we-are/board-governors Board of Governors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104043859/https://www.iic.org/en/who-we-are/board-governors |date=2018-11-04 }} Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC).
- International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ex-Officio Alternate Member of the Board of Governors (since 2018)[http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/memdir/members.aspx Members] International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2018)[http://siteresources.worldbank.org/BODINT/Resources/278027-1215526322295/MIGAGovernors.pdf Board of Governors] Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group.
- World Bank, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2018)[http://siteresources.worldbank.org/BODINT/Resources/278027-1215526322295/BankGovernors.pdf Board of Governors] World Bank.
References
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{{s-ttl|title=Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia|years=2003–2007}}
{{s-aft|after=Óscar Iván Zuluaga Escobar}}
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{{s-bef|before=Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría}}
{{s-ttl|title=Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia|years=2018–2021}}
{{s-aft|after=José Manuel Restrepo Abondano}}
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Category:Ministers of finance and public credit of Colombia
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