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Felipe Larraín Bascuñán

Felipe Larraín Bascuñán obtained his Bachelor Degree in Bussiness Administration from Universidad Católica de Chile and is Doctor of Economics from Harvard University.

He has been a Visiting Scholar for the Robert Kennedy Lecture at the Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University, and Professor at the Institute of Economics of Universidad Católica de Chile.

During his extensive academic background he has published 10 books and over 120 articles in professional journals in Canada, Latin America, USA, Europe and Asia.
His book "Macroeconomics in the Global Economy”, co-authored by Jeffrey Sachs, has been translated into several languages and has become one of the most sold macroeconomics texts in the Hispanic world.

Mr. Larraín is a well known international consultant and has advised the governments of Canada, Costa Rica, Venezuela and Peru, among others, and is member of the International Advisory Board of the Asian Development Bank.

The Secretary of State received several awards, among which the most relevant are the Raul Iver Award for the best Graduate Student of the School of Commercial Engineering of Univerisdad Católica de Chile, and the Commercial Engineer of the Year Award awarded by the Foundation School of Economics and Administrative Sciences of Universidad Católica de Chile.

Also, he was Macro Coordinator at Tantauco Groups and Coordinator of the Commission of Macroeconomics.

Felipe Larraín was born in Santiago, is married and the father of five children.

Minister Felipe Larraín Bascuñán