Juan Andrés Fontaine

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fontaine and the second or maternal family name is Talavera.
Juan Andrés Fontaine in 2018

Juan Andrés Fontaine Talavera is an economist who was Chilean Minister for the Economy, Development, and Reconstruction under President Sebastián Piñera.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

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Juan Andrés Fontaine Talavera was born in Santiago, Chile. He is the son of Arturo Fontaine Aldunate, who was director of El Mercurio from 1978 to 1982 and has a brother named Arturo Fontaine Talavera.[5] He received a B.A. in Economics(Ingeniero Comercial, Licenciado en Economía) from Universidad Católica de Chile and an M.A. from the University of Chicago.[2][3] Fontaine supported the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, saying that it was less horrible for the country.[5]

In the 1970s, he was deputy editor of the influential opinion magazine "Economía y Sociedad", founded and edited by José Piñera.[6]

In the 1980s he served as Director of Research at the Central Bank of Chile[7] and as a visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.[2] He was also formerly a partner and chief executive of "Fontaine & Paúl Consultores", a financial consultant firm in Chile, which he stopped doing when he became Minister of Economy from 2010 to 2011.[8]

Currently, he is a member of the "Instituto Libertad y Desarrollo", a Chilean think tank founded by Hernán Büchi and an economic adviser to several corporations and banks.[9] He has been an economic advisor to various Chilean presidential candidates,[5] columnist in Chilean newspapers and speaker in conferences on Chilean and Latin American economies.

Fontaine is a professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile[10] and authored several publications. He taught for a decade at his alma mater.[2][3] and at the University of Chile.[3]

References

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  1. ^ CIA World Leaders Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b c d "Stanford biography". Archived from the original on 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. ^ a b c d "Chilean government biography". www.gob.cl. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  4. ^ French government website Archived 2011-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ a b c "Juan Andrés Fontaine: El eterno candidato". La Nacion. 2011-01-03. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  6. ^ "Juan Andrés Fontaine Talavera - Hacienda". cms.hacienda.cl. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  7. ^ "Speaker Profiles". www.labgbooth.org. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  8. ^ "mMinistro de Economía JUAN ANDRÉS FONTAINE". Terra. 2010-02-15. Archived from the original on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  9. ^ "Juan Andrés Fontaine T." Libertad y Desarrollo (in Spanish). 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  10. ^ "Juan Andrés Fontaine Talavera". www.hacienda.cl. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
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