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Alberto Carrasquilla Barrera

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Alberto Carrasquilla Barrera
Minister of Finance and Public Credit
In office
7 August 2018 (2018-08-07) – 3 May 2021 (2021-05-03)
PresidentIván Duque
Preceded byMauricio Cárdenas
Succeeded byJosé Manuel Restrepo
In office
20 June 2003 (2003-06-20) – 7 March 2007 (2007-03-07)
PresidentÁlvaro Uribe
Preceded byRoberto Bonnet
Succeeded byÓscar Iván Zuluaga
Personal details
Born (1959-04-24) 24 April 1959 (age 65)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Alma mater
ProfessionEconomist

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.[1][2][3]

Education

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Carrasquilla studied economics at the University of Los Andes in Bogotá and has a doctorate from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.[4]

Career

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References

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  1. ^ "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!" (in Spanish). Ecos de Colombia. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  2. ^ Government of Colombia (7 August 2018). "ALBERTO CARRASQUILLA – Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público". Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  3. ^ Espectador, El (2021-05-03). "ELESPECTADOR.COM". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  4. ^ Helen Murphy, Carlos Vargas and Nelson Bocanegra (July 11, 2018), Colombia's Duque names Alberto Carrasquilla as his finance minister Reuters.
  5. ^ Board of Governors Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI).
  6. ^ Board of Governors Archived 2018-11-04 at the Wayback Machine Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC).
  7. ^ Members International Monetary Fund (IMF).
  8. ^ Board of Governors Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group.
  9. ^ Board of Governors World Bank.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia
2003–2007
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia
2018–2021
Succeeded by