Miguel Castilla

Luis Miguel Castilla Rubio is a Peruvian economist and politician. He is the incumbent Minister of Economy and Finance of Peru, serving under President Ollanta Humala.^[1]

Educated in North America, and bilingual in Spanish and English, Miguel Castilla holds a B.A. with Honors in Economics and Business Administration from the McGill University in Montreal, Canada, a Master's degree in the Global Crisis and Financial Reform program of the Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He has held the positions of consultant to the World Bank vice president for North Africa and the Middle East, adviser to the executive chair of the Andean Development Corporation (CAF), and director of the Bank of the Nation of Peru. He has been a lecturer at the Johns Hopkins University and the University of the Pacific in Lima.

In the administration of President Alan García, Castilla has served as deputy minister of Finance under minister Mercedes Aráoz from January 2010 to July 2011.^[2] On 28 July 2011, newly-elected President Ollanta Humala appointed him as Minister of Economy and Finance. The choice of Castilla – who is characterised as an orthodox pro-market economist^[3] – was estimated as a sign for Humala's intention to pursue a reasonable and moderate economic policy and to remove the fears of a radical shift to the left.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Humala designa: Salomón Lerner asumirá jefatura del gabinete y Miguel Castilla dirigirá el MEF" (in Spanish), América Economia, 21 July 2011, http://www.americaeconomia.com/politica-sociedad/politica/humala-designa-salomon-lerner-asumira-jefatura-del-gabinete-y-miguel-cast, retrieved 1 Aug 2011 
2. ^ "Luis Miguel Castilla Rubio, Biografía y Hoja de Vida - Ministro de Economía y Finanzas del Gobierno de Ollanta Humala y Gana Perú 2011" (in Spanish), Perú DeGanadores, 22 July 2011, http://www.perudeganadores.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=264:luis-miguel-castilla-rubio-ministro-de-economia-peru-2011&catid=7:noticias&Itemid=10, retrieved 1 Aug 2011 
3. ^ "Peruvian president-elect names orthodox pro-business in key cabinet posts", MercoPress, 21 July 2011, http://en.mercopress.com/2011/07/21/peruvian-president-elect-names-orthodox-pro-business-in-key-cabinet-posts, retrieved 5 Aug 2011 
4. ^ Moffett, Matt; Kozak, Robert (22 July 2011), "Peru Leader Taps Moderate Cabinet", The Wallstreet Journal, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904233404576460420620240838.html?mod=googlenews_wsj, retrieved 4 Aug 2011