Juan Andrés Fontaine
Juan Andrés Fontaine | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism | |
| In office 13 June 2019 – 28 October 2019 | |
| President | Sebastián Piñera |
| Preceded by | José Ramón Valente |
| Succeeded by | Lucas Palacios |
| In office 11 March 2010 – 18 July 2011 | |
| President | Sebastián Piñera |
| Preceded by | Hugo Lavados |
| Succeeded by | Pablo Longueira |
| Minister of Public Works | |
| In office 11 March 2018 – 13 June 2019 | |
| President | Sebastián Piñera |
| Preceded by | Alberto Undurraga |
| Succeeded by | Alfredo Moreno |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 May 1954 |
| Spouse | María Inés Correa |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent(s) | Arturo Fontaine Aldunate Valentina Talavera |
| Relatives | Arturo Fontaine Talavera (brother) Bernardo Fontaine (brother) |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile University of Chicago |
| Profession | Economist |
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.