Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría

Not to be confused with Mauricio Santamaría Salamanca.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cárdenas and the second or maternal family name is Santamaría.
Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría
Minister Cárdenas at the World Economic Forum in 2010
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 (age 62)
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)[1] 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.[2]

Early life and education

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;[3] the third of four children, his other siblings are: Patricia Eugenia, Jorge Hernán, and Eduardo.[3][4]

Cardenas holds a doctorate in economics from the University of California at Berkeley.[5]

Career

For the Government of Colombia, Cardenas served as the 4th Minister of Economic Development, the 6th Minister of Transport, and former Director of the National Planning Department. As Minister of Finance, he also represented the government on the seven-member board of the country's Central Bank.[6]

In the private sector has served as 11th and 9th Director of the Higher Education and Development Foundation (Fedesarrollo),[7] as the 7th President Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA),[8] as former President of Titularizadora Colombiana S.A., and as General Manager of Empresa de Energía de Bogotá S.A. ESP.On 20 September 2011 President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón designated Cárdenas to succeed Juan Carlos Echeverry as Minister of Economy.[9] He was sworn in as the 29th Minister of Mines and Energy on 26 September.[10]

Later career

After leaving government, Cardenas joined various academic institutions. In 2019, he became a Visiting Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).[11]

Since 2020, Cardenas has been serving as a member of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR), an independent group examining how the World Health Organization (WHO) and countries handled the COVID-19 pandemic, co-chaired by Helen Clark and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.[12]

Other activities

Personal life

On 10 January 1998 Cardenas married Cristina Fernández Mejía in a Catholic wedding at the Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo Church in Cartagena de Indias;[14] together they have three daughters: Isabella, Andrea and Amalia.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Curriculum Vitae" (in Spanish). Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría. p. 3.
  2. ^ "Mauricio Cárdenas". Brookings Institution. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  3. ^ a b c 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 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Jack Kimball and Helen Murphy (August 24, 2012), Colombia replaces finance minister in surprise move Reuters.
  6. ^ Jack Kimball and Helen Murphy (August 24, 2012), Colombia replaces finance minister in surprise move Reuters.
  7. ^ "Ex-Directores" [Former Directors]. Higher Education and Development Foundation (Fedesarrollo). Archived from the original on 2011-01-15. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  8. ^ "Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría: President 2008-2009". Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA). Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ Dr. Mauricio Cárdenas Joins the Center on Global Energy Policy as a Visiting Senior Research Scholar School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, press release of August 19, 2019.
  12. ^ Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland (September 3, 2020), Pandemic review panel named, includes Miliband, ex Mexican president Reuters.
  13. ^ 2018 Annual Report Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI).
  14. ^ "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 Minister of Finance and Public Credit
2012–present 		Incumbent