Juan Andrés Fontaine

Juan Andrés Fontaine
Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism
In office
13 June 2019 – 28 October 2019
PresidentSebastián Piñera
Preceded byJosé Ramón Valente
Succeeded byLucas Palacios
In office
11 March 2010 – 18 July 2011
PresidentSebastián Piñera
Preceded byHugo Lavados
Succeeded byPablo Longueira
Minister of Public Works
In office
11 March 2018 – 13 June 2019
PresidentSebastián Piñera
Preceded byAlberto Undurraga
Succeeded byAlfredo Moreno
Personal details
Born (1954-05-21) 21 May 1954
SpouseMaría Inés Correa
Children5
Parent(s)Arturo Fontaine Aldunate
Valentina Talavera
RelativesArturo Fontaine Talavera (brother)
Bernardo Fontaine (brother)
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Chile
University of Chicago
ProfessionEconomist

Juan Andrés Fontaine Talavera is an economist who was Chilean Minister for the Economy, Development, and Reconstruction under President Sebastián Piñera.

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. He has been an economic advisor to various Chilean presidential candidates, columnist in Chilean newspapers and speaker in conferences on Chilean and Latin American economies.

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