Juan Carlos Echeverry Garzón (born 12 September 1962) is a Colombian economist and former president of

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, an oil and gas company. He served as the 68th Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia from 2010 to 2012. He is the president of Econcept, a financial consulting firm in Bogotá and is an Associate Professor of Economics at University of the Andes. He was also a visiting professor at

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, Madrid in 2013. He served as Colombia's Minister of Economic Planning from 2000 to 2002 and held the position of Dean of Economics at the University of the Andes from 2002-2006. He was appointed finance minister by Colombia's President-elect

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on June 22, 2010. Echeverry has a Ph.D. in Economics from

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and a B.A. in Economics from the University of the Andes. Echeverry writes a weekly editorial for

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1962 births Living people Politicians from Bogotá University of Los Andes (Colombia) alumni Academic staff of the University of Los Andes (Colombia) New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science alumni Colombian economists Directors of the National Planning Department of Colombia Ministers of finance and public credit of Colombia {{Colombia-economist-stub