Board of Directors

Economists Laura Carla Moisá-Elicabide and César Augusto Giraldo-Giraldo will participate in their first meeting…

The meeting had been scheduled for March 31; however, the Minister of Finance and Public Credit must attend an international engagement on that date. The meeting of the Board of…

The new member of the Board of Directors studied economics at Universidad de los Andes and holds a PhD in Economy from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Between 1993 and 1997, Mr. Carrasquilla was the Deputy Technical Governor at Banco de la República. 

Alberto Carrasquilla…

The Board of Directors has seven members: the Minister of Finance and Public Credit, the Governor of the Central Bank, and five full-time Board Members, who exclusively represent the general interest of the Nation [See: Political…

The President, Iván Duque Márquez, officially invested the new members of the Board of Directors of Banco de la República, Ms. Bibiana Taboada Arango and Mr. Mauricio Villamizar Villegas, at a ceremony held at Casa de Nariño. These prominent economists will serve on the Central Bank’s Board of…

President Ivan Duque Marquez has appointed Jaime Jaramillo Vallejo, an experienced economist, as a new member of the Board of Directors of Banco de la República in place of Arturo Galindo. The Board of Directors extends its welcome.

Dr. Jaramillo has a Ph.D. in Economics from Boston…

The President of Colombia, Ivan Duque, has appointed Mauricio Villamizar and Bibiana Taboada, both prominent economists, to replace Gerardo Hernandez and Ana Fernanda Maiguashca as new members of the Board of Directors of the Banco de la República. The Board of Directors welcomes them.

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Colombian Central Bank Governor Juan José Echavarría informed the Bank's board of directors today of his intention to resign upon completion of his four-year term at the end of 2020.

Though current statutes allow Central Bank governors to offer their names for re-election for up to two…

From Tuesday, 3 November 2020 onwards, the official time for publication of the Minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors will be 5:00 pm on the first working day following the Board's meeting, instead of the previously established time (1:00 pm).  

The purpose of this change…

President Iván Duque Márquez announced last Friday, 27 December, on Twitter, the appointment of economist Arturo José Galindo Andrade, Universidad de Los Andes alumnus, as the new member of the Board of Directors of Banco de la República, replacing José Antonio Ocampo.

Starting June 2019, the information disclosed after each session of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank in which decisions are taken on the benchmark interest rate will be modified. This change is intended to improve the information related to the monetary policy decision-making process…

The Political Constitution of Colombia 1991 established the Board of Directors of Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia) as the monetary, exchange, and credit authority of the State, collegiate body in charge of directing and executing the Central Bank’s functions.

MAURICIO has been a Board Member of the Colombian Central Bank (Banco de la República) since February 2021. Born in Cali (Colombia), he holds a M.A. and B.A. in Economics from Universidad de los Andes and a Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from Georgetown University. Having joined the Central Bank in…

2011 to 2017PhD in Economic DevelopmentIE/CESIT, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil."Trajetórias diferenciadas e opções políticas: impactos no mundo do trabalho na Colômbia e no Brasil 2002-2012". (Distinctive trajectories and political options:…

PhD in EconomicsUniversity of Paris. 2007

Masters in EconomicsUniversidad Nacional de Colombia. 1995

Economist (B.S. in Economics)Universidad de los Andes. 1981

July 2024-PresentExpert member of the Committee Autonomous…