Rodrigo Cerda
Minister of Finance of Chile
In office
January 26, 2021 – March 11, 2022
PresidentSebastián Piñera
Preceded byIgnacio Briones
Succeeded byMario Marcel
Personal details
Born (1973-02-13) 13 February 1973 (age 51)[1]
Santiago, Chile[2]

Rodrigo Andrés Cerda Norambuena (born February 13, 1973)[1] is a Chilean economist and politician. Between March 2018 and December 2019, he served as Budget Director. He afterwards served as Minister of Finance under the second government of Sebastián Piñera between January 2021 and March 2022.

Early life and education

Cerda has a doctorate and a master's degree in economics from the University of Chicago, a master's degree in applied macroeconomics, and a commercial engineer with a major in economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.[3]

Career

From March 12, 2014 to February 28, 2018, Cerda served as alternate director of the Latin American Center for Economic and Social Policies.[4][5] In the same period, he was an adjunct professor at the Institute of Economics of the Pontifical Catholic University.[6]

Between 2010 and 2014, during the first government of Sebastián Piñera, Cerda was general coordinator of advisers and macroeconomic coordinator of the Ministry of Finance.[7]

In February 2018, Cerda was called to be part of the cabinet of the second government Sebastián Piñera, occupying the position of Director of Budgets. He resigned on December 12, 2019.[8][9]

On January 29, 2020, Cerda was appointed by Piñera as director of Codelco, he would remain in office until May 2022.[10][11]

Minister of Finance, 2021–2022

On January 26, 2021, Cerda was appointed Ministry of Finance to replace Ignacio Briones after he left office for a presidential candidacy.[12]

Other activities

References

  1. ^ a b "Quiénes son los subsecretarios que acompañarán a Sebastián Piñera en su gobierno". Emol (in Spanish). 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  2. ^ Rivas, Claudia (2021-01-26). "Chunco, mateo y pupilo de Felipe Larraín: ¿quién es Rodrigo Cerda, el nuevo ministro de Hacienda?". DF (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  3. ^ Alonso, Carlos (2018-01-05). "Rodrigo Cerda, el economista de Chicago preferido para llegar a la Dipres". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  4. ^ "Nuevo ministro de Hacienda: salió Ignacio Briones y asumió Rodrigo Cerda, ex director de Codelco". DATASUR (in European Spanish). 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  5. ^ "El análisis de lo que apunta el nuevo Informe de Política Monetaria". CNN Chile (in Spanish). June 16, 2014. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  6. ^ "Quién es Rodrigo Cerda, el nuevo ministro de Hacienda que reemplaza a Ignacio Briones". T13 (in Spanish). January 26, 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  7. ^ Manriquez, Yem (January 26, 2021). "De director de Codelco a nuevo ministro de Hacienda: la trayectoria de Rodrigo Cerda". ADN (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  8. ^ "Sorpresa en Hacienda: Rodrigo Cerda renuncia a la Dirección de Presupuestos". Diario Financiero (in Spanish). December 12, 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  9. ^ "Renunció director de Presupuesto, Rodrigo Cerda". El Dinamo (in Spanish). December 12, 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  10. ^ "Rodrigo Cerda es designado director de Codelco". Guía Minera de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  11. ^ Toledo, David Nogales (2020-01-29). "Piñera designa al ex titular de la Dipres, Rodrigo Cerda, como nuevo director de Codelco". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  12. ^ Mennickent, Camila (2021-01-26). "Ignacio Briones concreta su salida del Gobierno y encamina su precandidatura presidencial". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  13. ^ Board of Governors Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
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