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15 Facts About Mauricio Claver-Carone

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Mauricio Claver-Carone was born on 1975 and is an American lawyer, investor, and lobbyist.

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Mauricio Claver-Carone was an official in the Treasury Department and National Security Council in the Donald Trump Administration.

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Mauricio Claver-Carone was nominated and elected as the first American President of the Inter-American Development Bank, a position he held from October 2020 until September 26,2022.

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Mauricio Claver-Carone was born in Miami, Florida, to parents of Cuban and Spanish descent.

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Mauricio Claver-Carone earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Rollins College, Juris Doctor from The Catholic University of America and Master of Laws in International and Comparative Law from Georgetown University Law Center.

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From 2017 to 2018, Mauricio Claver-Carone was Senior Advisor for International Affairs at the US Department of the Treasury, where he was a principal policy advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury and to the Under Secretary for International Affairs on geopolitical, national security and economic issues.

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Mauricio Claver-Carone then served as acting US Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund, representing the United States on the Executive Board.

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Mauricio Claver-Carone played an important role in lending arrangements for Argentina, Barbados and Ecuador, and revolving credit lines for Colombia and Mexico.

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In September 2018, Mauricio Claver-Carone was appointed Special Assistant to US President Donald Trump and Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the National Security Council.

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Mauricio Claver-Carone's nomination generated a mixed reaction among the Bank's member countries, as the institution's presidency was historically reserved for a citizen of one of its borrowing member countries.

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Mauricio Claver-Carone was elected by the IDB's Board of Directors on September 12,2020, for a five-year term beginning on October 1,2020.

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On September 26,2022, Mauricio Claver-Carone was removed from the presidency with a vote by the governors; after an ethics investigation alleged that he had an affair with a subordinate.

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Mauricio Claver-Carone has written for HuffPost, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, among other publications.

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Mauricio Claver-Carone has published in academic journals, including the Georgetown Journal of International Law and the Yale Journal of International Affairs.

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Mauricio Claver-Carone hosted the bilingual foreign-policy show From Washington al Mundo on Sirius-XM Radio.