Carlos Cáceres Chávez

Carlos Cáceres Chávez is a Salvadoran politician and former Minister of Finance during the administrations of Mauricio Funes and Salvador Sánchez Cerén.

Carlos Cáceres Chávez
Minister of Finance
In office
June 2009 – 14 March 2018
PresidentMauricio Funes
Salvador Sánchez Cerén
Preceded byWilliam Jacobo Handal
Succeeded byNelson Fuentes
Personal details
Born
Juan Ramón Carlos Enrique Cáceres Chávez

(1950-10-12) October 12, 1950 (age 73)
NationalitySalvadoran
Political partyFarabundo Martí National Liberation Front
Alma materUniversity of El Salvador

Cáceres was born on 12 October 1950.[1] He graduated as economist in 1974 from University of El Salvador. He also has a master's degree in administration from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium.[2] He was executive director and president of Banco Internacional 1980–1982.[2] He worked as stock broker agent from 1992 to 1998.[2] He was executive director of the Salvadoran Banking Association ABANSA from 2006 to 2008.[2]

He served as El Salvador's Minister of Finance during FMLN administrations from June 2009 until 14 March 2018.[2]

In June 2018, he was appointed by Salvador Sánchez Cerén as ambassador to Mexico.[3] Nayib Bukele replaced him in August 2020.[4] In 2021, he was accused of committing the crimes of illicit enrichment.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Carlos Cáceres - Ministro de Hacienda" (PDF). Ministry of Finance of El Salvador. Archived from the original on 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2023-07-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e "Juan Ramón Carlos Enrique Cáceres Chávez" (PDF). Portal de Transparencia.
  3. ^ "Exministro de Hacienda Carlos Cáceres asume como nuevo embajador de El Salvador en México". La Prensa.
  4. ^ "Gobierno sustituye a Carlos Cáceres como Embajador de El Salvador en México". elsalvadorgram (in Mexican Spanish). 19 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Juez ordena detención preventiva para cinco exfuncionarios del FMLN". Noticias de El Salvador - elsalvador.com (in Spanish). 28 July 2021.