Mauricio Santa María Salamanca

Mauricio Santamaría Salamanca
Director of the National Planning Department of Colombia
Assumed office
24 January 2012
President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Preceded by Hernando José Gómez Restrepo
1st Minister of Health and Social Protection of Colombia
In office
3 November 2011  24 January 2012
President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Preceded by Juan Luis Londoño de la Cuesta
Succeeded by Beatriz Londoño Soto
3rd Minister of Social Protection of Colombia
In office
7 August 2010  3 November 2011
President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Preceded by Diego Palacio Betancourt
Succeeded by Office abolished
Personal details
Born (1966-08-19) 19 August 1966
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Nationality Colombian
Alma mater University of the Andes (BA Econ)
Georgetown University (M.Econ, Ph.D.)
Profession Economist
Religion Roman Catholic
Not to be confused with Mauricio Cárdenas Santa María.
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Santa María and the second or maternal family name is Salamanca.

Mauricio Santa María Salamanca (born 19 August 1966) is a Colombian economist and politician currently serving as Director of the National Planning Department of Colombia.[1] He served as the 3rd Minister of Social Protection during the Administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón from 2010 until its restructuring amidst a wider Ministerial Reform when the Ministry was divided into separate Health and Labour ministries, being reappointed then as the 1st Minister of Health and Social Protection of Colombia until 2012 when he was reassigned. An economist from Georgetown University, Santa María has worked as a Consultant and Senior Economist for the World Bank, was Deputy Director of the National Planning Department, and prior to his appointment served as Adjunct Director of the Colombian Foundation of Higher Education and Development (Fedesarrollo).[2][3][4]

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