Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría
Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Finance and Public Credit | |
| In office 3 September 2012 – 7 August 2018 | |
| President | Juan Manuel Santos |
| Preceded by | Juan Carlos Echeverry |
| Succeeded by | Alberto Carrasquilla Barrera |
| 29th Minister of Mines and Energy | |
| In office 26 September 2011 – 3 September 2012 | |
| President | Juan Manuel Santos |
| Preceded by | Carlos Rodado Noriega |
| Succeeded by | Federico Renjifo Vélez |
| Director of the National Planning Department | |
| In office 13 August 1999 – 27 August 2000 | |
| President | Andrés Pastrana |
| Preceded by | Jaime Ruíz Llano |
| Succeeded by | Juan Carlos Echeverry |
| Minister of Transport | |
| In office 7 August 1998 – 13 August 1999 | |
| President | Andrés Pastrana |
| Preceded by | Rodrigo Marín Bernal |
| Succeeded by | Gustavo Canal Mora |
| Minister of Economic Development | |
| In office 17 January 1994 – 7 August 1994 | |
| President | César Gaviria |
| Preceded by | Luis Alberto Moreno |
| Succeeded by | Rodrigo Marín Bernal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría 9 June 1962 Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia |
| Political party | Conservative Party |
| Spouse | Cristina Fernández Mejía (1998–present) |
| Children | Isabela Andrea Amalia |
| Alma mater | University of the Andes University of California, Berkeley |
| Website | Official website |
Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría (born 9 June 1962) is a Colombian economist and politician who served as the 69th Minister of Finance and Public Credit and former Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia in the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. Prior to this, he was a Senior Fellow and Director of the Latin America Initiative at the Brookings Institution.