Nationality Venezuelan | Preceded by Hernán Anzola Alma mater Columbia University | |
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Spouse(s) Irene Giliberti de García Araujo Children Luis Vicente García Giliberti, María de Lourdes García Giliberti, Irene del Carmen García Giliberti, Mauricio Andrés García Giliberti Died 2012, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands | ||
Mauricio García Araujo (7 July 1930 – 19 December 2012) was a Venezuelan economist who worked in both the private and public sectors. He was the president of the Venezuelan central bank between 1987 and 1989 during the presidency of Jaime Lusinchi (1984-1989).
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Early life and education
García Araujo was born on July 7, 1930 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. In 1953 he obtained a degree in economics and a Master in Business Administration from Columbia University, New York.
Public service
García Araujo was part of Central Bank of Venezuela board of directors between 1968 and 1974. After thirteen years, he was elected president of Central Bank of Venezuela (1987-1989). Mauricio García Araujo was also a member of the board of directos of PDVSA and CVG-Corporación Venezolana de Guayana.
Private sector
Mauricio García Araujo was a consultant for many boards of directors in different Venezuelan holding companies, such as: Grupo Vollmer, Grupo Mendoza, Grupo Mercantil and as economical adviser to Hospital de Clinicas Caracas, and Electricidad de Caracas an electricity distribution company. In 2007 Electricidad de Caracas became a government owned company.
After 1990, Garcia Araujo was known to be an expert advising family business organizations in Venezuela. He gave family business conferences within Venezuela and internationally.
Guild
García Araujo was president of Asociación Venezolana de Ejecutivos (AVE) between 1966 and 1968, besides being a founding and active member of the corporate governance committee in the same institution. Asociación Venezolana de Ejecutivos is an institution that promotes training and education for Venezuelan managers.
Academic institutions
In 1961, he was a founding member of Institute of Advanced Studies in Administration, (IESA) at Caracas. He was a professor at Universidad Rafael Urdaneta at Maracaibo and the founder of Andres Bello’s Cathedra at Oxford University.