1. Luis Andres "Toto" Caputo was born on 21 April 1965 and is an Argentine economist who is the current Minister of Economy under Javier Milei's presidency, having assumed office on 10 December 2023.
14 Facts About Luis Caputo
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Luis Caputo previously served as Minister of Public Finances from 2017 to 2018 and President of the Central Bank of Argentina in 2018.
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Luis Caputo graduated with a degree in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires.
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Luis Caputo's cousin, Nicolas Caputo, is a construction industry entrepreneur close to Mauricio Macri.
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Luis Caputo was a professor of economics and finance in the postgraduate course of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina.
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Luis Caputo served as Chief of Trading for Latin America at JP Morgan between 1994 and 1998, and he held the same position for Eastern Europe and Latin America at Deutsche Bank between 1998 and 2003.
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In December 2015 Luis Caputo assumed the position of Secretary of Finances of the Macri's administration.
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On 26 December 2016, after the dismissal of Alfonso Prat-Gay by President Macri, the Ministry of Treasury and Public Finance was split in two, with Luis Caputo being appointed Minister of Finance in January 2017.
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Luis Caputo continued to take on the task of ensuring the arrival of the necessary funds to face the fiscal deficit.
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Luis Caputo was in the midst of a context of mistrust in the economic program.
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Luis Caputo oversaw a dramatic reduction in BRCA debt in the form of LEBAC bills, a move considered to be an important achievement.
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Luis Caputo resigned on 25 September 2018 "for personal reasons", during a negotiation with the International Monetary Fund and internal policies, and was replaced by the Secretary of Economic Policy of the Ministry of Treasury, Guido Sandleris.
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On 2017, a government branch of the Fiscal Ministry opened a judicial case accusing Luis Caputo of embezzling money from a Social Security fund by paying fees of at least 540,000 AR$ to a company he had owned and directed until 2015, in lieu of services that were unnecessary.
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On 5 November 2017, the Paradise Papers, a set of confidential electronic documents relating to offshore investment, revealed that Luis Caputo had managed at least two offshore wealth funds.