Kurt Johnny Burneo Farfan was born on 26 February 1961 and is a Peruvian economist and politician.
14 Facts About Kurt Burneo
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Kurt Burneo served as minister of Economy and Finance under the presidency of Pedro Castillo.
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Kurt Burneo studied economics at the National University of San Marcos, then was grant holder at the University of Sao Paulo and he earned an Economics master's degree at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.
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Kurt Burneo earned a doctorate in Business Administration at the ESADE business school of the Ramon Llull University in Barcelona, Spain.
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Kurt Burneo has taught at several universities, such as Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Cayetano Heredia University, Universidad de San Martin de Porres and Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal.
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Kurt Burneo is currently director of the economics course at the Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, a position he has held since 2006.
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Kurt Burneo was head of the economic team of Alejandro Toledo when he was running for the Presidency of the Republic in the general election.
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Kurt Burneo was Finance Vice Minister between August 2001-September 2004, Member of the Board at the Central Bank between September 2001-October 2006 and CEO at The National Bank between August 2001-July 2006.
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Kurt Burneo later became part of the economic team of Ollanta Humala, who was elected President of the Republic in the second round.
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Kurt Burneo went on to say that his role would entail the formulation, planning, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of the national and sectoral policy on social development and inclusion.
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Kurt Burneo resigned as minister due to a cabinet reshuffle on 11 December 2011.
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Kurt Burneo currently is the Alternate Executive Director in the Interamerican Development Bank in Washington DC USA, until July 2014.
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From August 2014 Kurt Burneo was Research and Development Vice President at San Ignacio de Loyola University, he worked in this institution until November 2015.
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Kurt Burneo currently is Researcher and Professor at CENTRUM Catolica Business School.