Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría

Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría
Minister of Finance and Public Credit
In office
3 September 2012  7 August 2018
PresidentJuan Manuel Santos
Preceded byJuan Carlos Echeverry
Succeeded byAlberto Carrasquilla Barrera
29th Minister of Mines and Energy
In office
26 September 2011  3 September 2012
PresidentJuan Manuel Santos
Preceded byCarlos Rodado Noriega
Succeeded byFederico Renjifo Vélez
Director of the National Planning Department
In office
13 August 1999  27 August 2000
PresidentAndrés Pastrana
Preceded byJaime Ruíz Llano
Succeeded byJuan Carlos Echeverry
Minister of Transport
In office
7 August 1998  13 August 1999
PresidentAndrés Pastrana
Preceded byRodrigo Marín Bernal
Succeeded byGustavo Canal Mora
Minister of Economic Development
In office
17 January 1994  7 August 1994
PresidentCésar Gaviria
Preceded byLuis Alberto Moreno
Succeeded byRodrigo Marín Bernal
Personal details
Born
Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría

(1962-06-09) 9 June 1962
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
Political partyConservative Party
SpouseCristina Fernández Mejía (1998–present)
ChildrenIsabela
Andrea
Amalia
Alma materUniversity of the Andes
University of California, Berkeley
WebsiteOfficial 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.