Santiago Peña
Santiago Peña Palacios (born November 16, 1978) is an economist, politician, former member of the Board of the Central Bank of Paraguay, professor, and former Minister of Finance of the Republic of Paraguay. He was the candidate of the Colorado Party for the presidency of Paraguay in 2018.[1] He lost the primary election to Mario Abdo Benítez who went on to win the presidency (2018 Paraguayan general election). He was appointed to the board of Bank Amambay in March 2018.[2] The Bank is part of former Paraguayan president Horacio Cartes Grupo Cartes holdings.
He also taught as an assistant professor of Financial Theory at the Catholic University of Asunción (2004); and as Professor of Economic Theory at the same University (2005) and has published research papers in the areas of monetary policy and finance.[3]
He served as the minister of Finance from January 2015 to June 2017.[4]
References
- ^ "Paraguay finance minister Peña to run for president: ruling party". Reuters. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ^ https://m.ultimahora.com/santiago-pena-sera-miembro-del-directorio-del-banco-amambay-n1138359.html
- ^ "Curriculum vitae". Ministerio de Hacienda de Paraguay. Archived from the original on February 16, 2016.
- ^ Peña se afilia al Partido Colorado para seguir como ministro
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