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Simón Gaviria

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Simón Gaviria
General Director of National Planning
In office
11 August 2014 – 11 May 2017
President Juan Manuel Santos
Preceded by Tatyana Orozco
Succeeded by Luis Fernando Mejía
President of the Chamber of Representatives
In office
20 July 2011 – 20 July 2012
Preceded by Carlos Alberto Zuluaga
Succeeded by Augusto Posada Sánchez
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
In office
20 July 2006 – 20 July 2014
Constituency Capital District
Personal details
Born Simón Gaviria Muñoz
24 November 1980
Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
Party Liberal
Spouse María Margarita Amín Díaz
(m. 2010)
Children Sofía Gaviria Amín
Filipa Gaviria Amín
Parents César Gaviria
Ana Milena Muñoz de Gaviria
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania (BEcon)
Harvard Kennedy School (MPA)
Profession Economist
Website simongaviria.com.co

Simón Gaviria Muñoz (born 24 November 1980) is a Colombian economist and politician who served as General Director of National Planning from 2014 to 2017 under President Juan Manuel Santos. A member of the Gaviria family and the Liberal party, he has served as a Representative for Bogotá and as president of the Chamber of representatives

Born in Pereira, Risaralda, he holds a degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a master's degree in public administration from Harvard Kennedy School.[1]

Personal life

Born on 24 November 1980 in Pereira, Colombia, he is the eldest of two children, son of César Gaviria and Ana Milena Muñoz Gómez; his younger sister is María Paz Gaviria. He is married to María Margarita Amín Díaz with whom he has two daughters, Sofía and Filipa.

See also

References

  1. Back to citation "Simón Gaviria Muñoz: Curriculum" (in Spanish). Congreso Visible. Retrieved 2011-08-25; "Simón Gaviria Muñoz". El Espectador (in Spanish). 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-08-25; Leon, Karen (2011-03-30). "Liberales proclaman a Simón Gaviria como su candidato a la presidencia de la Cámara" [Liberals proclaim Simón Gaviria as candidate to the President of the Chamber]. RCN Radio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-04-04. Retrieved 2011-08-25.