| Juan Carlos Echeverry | |
|---|---|
| Colombian Minister of Finance and Public Credit | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 7 August 2010 |
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| President | Juan Manuel Santos |
| Preceded by | Óscar Iván Zuluaga Escobar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 September 1962 Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Spouse(s) | Verónica Navas Ospina (2004-present) |
| Children | Gabriel Echeverry Navas Gregorio Echeverry Navas |
| Alma mater | University of the Andes (B.A.) New York University (PhD) |
| Profession | Economist |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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Juan Carlos Echeverry Garzón (born 12 September 1962) is a Colombian economist and the Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia. He is the president of Econcept, a financial consulting firm in Bogotá and is an Associate Professor of Economics at Universidad de los Andes.
He served as Colombia’s Minister of Economic Planning from 2000–2002 and held the position of Dean of Economics at the Universidad de los Andes from 2002-2006. He was appointed finance minister by Colombia's President-elect Juan Manuel Santos on June 22, 2010.[1]
Echeverry received a Ph.D. in Economics from New York University and a B.A. in Economics from the Universidad de los Andes. Echeverry writes a weekly editorial for CNN en Español.