Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría

Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría (born 9 June 1962)[1] was the 69th Minister of Finance and Public Credit and former Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia, serving 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.[2] For the Government of Colombia, he has also served as the 4th Minister of Economic Development, the 6th Minister of Transport, and former Director of the National Planning Department, and in the private sector has served as 11th and 9th Director of the Higher Education and Development Foundation (Fedesarrollo),[3] as the 7th President Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA),[4] as former President of Titularizadora Colombiana S.A., and as General Manager of Empresa de Energía de Bogotá S.A. ESP.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cárdenas and the second or maternal family name is Santamaría.
Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría
69th 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 Arango
Preceded byJaime Ruíz Llano
Succeeded byJuan Carlos Echeverry
6th Minister of Transport
In office
7 August 1998 – 13 August 1999
PresidentAndrés Pastrana Arango
Preceded byRodrigo Marín Bernal
Succeeded byGustavo Canal Mora
4th 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 (1962-06-09) 9 June 1962
Medellín, Colombia
Political partyConservative Party
Spouse(s)Cristina Fernández Mejía (1998–present)
ChildrenIsabela
Andrea
Alma materUniversity of the Andes
University of California, Berkeley
WebsiteOfficial website

Minister of Mines and Energy

On 20 September 2011 President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón designated Cárdenas to succeed Juan Carlos Echeverry as Minister of Economy.[5] He was sworn in as the 29th Minister of Mines and Energy on 26 September.[6]

Personal life

Born to Jorge Cárdenas Gutiérrez, former President of the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia, and his wife Cecilia Santamaría Botero on 9 June 1962 in Medellín, Antioquia;[7] the third of four children, his other siblings are: Patricia Eugenia, Jorge Hernán, and Eduardo.[7][8] On 10 January 1998 he married Cristina Fernández Mejía in a Catholic wedding at the Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo Church in Cartagena de Indias;[9] together they have two daughters: Isabella and Andrea.[7]

References
  1. "Curriculum Vitae" (in Spanish). Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría. p. 3.
  2. "Mauricio Cárdenas". Brookings Institution. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  3. "Ex-Directores" [Former Directors]. Higher Education and Development Foundation (Fedesarrollo). Archived from the original on 2011-01-15. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  4. "Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría: President 2008-2009". Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA). Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  5. "Presidente Santos designó a Mauricio Cárdenas como Ministro de Minas y Energía" [President Santos designated Mauricio Cárdenas Minister of Mines and Energy] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Press Office of the President of Colombia (SIG). 2011-09-20. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  6. "Presidente Santos posesionó a Mauricio Cárdenas como Ministro de Minas y Energía" [President Santos Sworn In Mauricio Cárdenas as Minister of Mines and Energy] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Press Office of the President of Colombia (SIG). 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  7. Gallo Martínez, Luis Álvaro (2005-01-05). "Don Marcelino Restrepo y Restrepo: Su Vida y Su Descendencia" [Don Marcelino Restrepo y Restrepo: His Life and His Offspring] (PDF) (in Spanish). Asociación Colombiana Para el Estudio de las Geneologías. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  8. Mosquera y Arboleda, Tomás Cipriano de; Herrán, Pedro Alcántara (1972). Archivo Epistolar del General Mosquera: Correspondencia con el General Pedro Alcántara Herrán. 1827-1840 [Epistolary Archive of General Mosquera: Correspondence with General Pedro Alcántara Herrán. 1827-1840] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Editorial Kelly. p. 61. LCCN 67108183. OCLC 848913. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
  9. "Boda Cárdenas Santamaría-Fernández Mejía" [Cárdenas Santamaría-Fernández Mejía Wedding]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 1998-01-14. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
Political offices
Preceded by
Juan Carlos Echeverry		 Minister of Finance and Public Credit
2012–present		 Incumbent
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