Mauricio García Araujo
{{Short description|Venezuelan economist (1930–2012)}}
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1930|07|07}}
|birth_place = Maracaibo, Venezuela
|death_date = {{death date and age|2012|02|13|1930|07|07}}
|death_place = Bonaire
|party =
|spouse = Irene Giliberti de García Araujo
|children = Luis Vicente García Giliberti, María de Lourdes García Giliberti, Irene del Carmen García Giliberti, Mauricio Andrés García Giliberti
|residence =
|alma_mater = Columbia University
|profession = Economist
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|signature = Firma Mauricio García Araujo.jpg
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|office = President of the Central Bank of Venezuela
|term_start = 1987
|term_end = 1989
|president = Jaime Lusinchi
|predecessor = Hernán Anzola
|successor = Pedro Tinoco
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Mauricio García Araujo (7 July 1930 – 19 December 2012) was a Venezuelan economist who worked in both the private and public sectors. He was the president of the Central Bank of Venezuela between 1987 and 1989{{Cite web|url=http://www.bcv.org.ve/bcv/galeria-de-expresidentes|title=Galería de Expresidentes |publisher=Banco Central de Venezuela|language=es|access-date=3 October 2020}}
- {{cite news|last1=Ojeda Reyes|first1=Yolanda|title=BANCA inShare Esta es la lista de los que ocuparon el cargo de presidente en el BCV|url=http://www.elmundo.com.ve/noticias/economia/banca/esta-es-la-lista-de-los-que-ocuparon-el-cargo-de-p.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150130152225/http://www.elmundo.com.ve/noticias/economia/banca/esta-es-la-lista-de-los-que-ocuparon-el-cargo-de-p.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 January 2015|access-date=29 January 2015|work=El Mundo|location=Venezuela|date=14 August 2013|language=Spanish}} during the presidency of Jaime Lusinchi (1984-1989).
Early life and education
García Araujo was born on 7 July 1930 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. In 1953, he obtained a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's in business administration, both from Columbia University.{{cite news|last1=Mazzei Alfonzo|first1=Jesús|title=Mauricio García Araujo in Memoriam|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/opinion/130110/mauricio-garcia-araujo-in-memoriam|access-date=29 January 2015|work=El Universal|date=10 January 2013|language=Spanish}}
Public service
García Araujo was part of Central Bank of Venezuela board of directors between 1968 and 1974. After thirteen years, he was elected president of Central Bank of Venezuela (1987-1989).{{cite news|title=Falleció Mauricio García Araujo, ex presidente del BCV|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/economia/121219/fallecio-mauricio-garcia-araujo-ex-presidente-del-bcv|access-date=21 January 2015|work=El Universal|date=19 December 2012|language=Spanish}} He was also a member of the board of directos of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A (PDVSA) and Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (CVG).
Private sector
García Araujo was a consultant for many boards of directors in different Venezuelan holding companies, such as Grupo Vollmer, Grupo Mendoza, Grupo Mercantil and as economical adviser to Hospital de Clinicas Caracas{{cite journal|title=Asesores|journal=Excelencia|date=June–August 2008|volume=1|issue=3|page=3|url=http://www.clinicaracas.com/jhccweb/excelencia/Excelencia3.pdf|access-date=3 October 2020|publisher=Newspress Comunicaciones|language=Spanish|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611102426/http://www.clinicaracas.com/jhccweb/excelencia/Excelencia3.pdf|archivedate=11 June 2014}} and Electricidad de Caracas, an electricity distribution company. In 2007, Electricidad de Caracas became a government-owned company.
After 1990, Garcia Araujo was known as an expert advising family business organizations in Venezuela. He gave family business conferences within Venezuela and internationally.
Guild
García Araujo was president of Asociación Venezolana de Ejecutivos (AVE) between 1966 and 1968, and a founding and active member of the corporate governance committee in the same institution. AVE is an institution that promotes training and education for Venezuelan managers.
Academic institutions
In 1961, he was a founding member of Institute of Advanced Studies in Administration (IESA) in Caracas.{{cite news|last1=Crespo|first1=Juan Pablo|title=Reportaje: El analfabeta financiero|url=http://panorama.com.ve/portal/app/push/noticia48435.php|access-date=3 October 2020|work=Diario|date=9 January 2013|language=Spanish|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150130152252/http://panorama.com.ve/portal/app/push/noticia48435.php|archivedate=30 January 2015}}{{cite web|title=Reseña Histórica|url=http://www.iesa.edu.ve/conoce-al-iesa/resena-historica|publisher=Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración|access-date=22 January 2015|language=Spanish}} He was a professor at Universidad Rafael Urdaneta in Maracaibo and the founder of Andrés Bello Fellowship at Oxford University.
Works
- {{cite book|last1=García Araujo|first1=Mauricio|title=El gasto público consolidado en Venezuela: conferencia|date=1971|publisher=Artegraf|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s_bOPgAACAAJ&q=mauricio+garcia+araujo|language=Spanish}}
- {{cite book|last1=García Araujo|first1=Mauricio|last2=Olavarría|first2=Jorge|title=La economía venezolana: de donde viene? hacia dónde va? hay esperanzas?|date=1981|publisher=Resumen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SsYwHAAACAAJ&q=mauricio+garcia+araujo|access-date=22 January 2015|language=Spanish}}
- Mauricio García Araujo, The impact of petrodollars on the economy and the public sector of Venezuela, Latin American Studies Association, National Meeting, 1982.
- {{cite book|last1=García Araujo|first1=Mauricio|title=The politics of hydrocarbons in Venezuela|date=1996|publisher=Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wqDqGwAACAAJ&q=mauricio+garcia+araujo|access-date=28 January 2015}}
- {{cite book|last1=García Araujo|first1=Mauricio|last2=Uslar Pietri|first2=Arturo|title=Todo Uslar|date=1 January 2001|publisher=Universidad Metropolitana|isbn=9803662589|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MGdfAAAAMAAJ&q=mauricio+garcia+araujo|access-date=28 January 2015|language=Spanish}}
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