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Nelson Merentes is a Venezuelan economist and politician who served as Minister of Finance from 2007 to 2017. He was born in Naiguata, Venezuela, on 6 May 1954. Merentes studied economics at the Central University of Venezuela, graduating in 1977. He then went on to pursue a master's degree in economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which he completed in 1979. Merentes began his career in the public sector in 1979, working as an economist in the Ministry of Planning. He then went on to serve as the Director of the Central Bank of Venezuela from 1989 to 1993. In 2007, Merentes was appointed Minister of Finance by President Hugo Chávez. He served in this role until 2017, when he was replaced by Simón Zerpa. Merentes is currently the president of the Central Bank of Venezuela. He is also a member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. As of 2021, Nelson Merentes's net worth is estimated to be approximately $1 million.

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Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 6 May, 1954
Birthday 6 May
Birthplace Naiguatá, Vargas, Venezuela
Nationality Venezuelan

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2017

In 2017, Canada sanctioned Merentes and other Venezuelan officials under the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act, stating: "These individuals are responsible for, or complicit in, gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, have committed acts of significant corruption, or both."

2013

On April 2013 is appointed as Venezuela's Minister of Finance by Nicolás Maduro. In January 2014, he was re-designated as president of the Central Bank of Venezuela.

2000

Merentes also worked extensively in public administration. From 2000-2001 he was the Economy and Finance subcommittee's chairman of the National Legislative Committee . He also worked for the Ministry of Finance as deputy minister of Regulation and Control (2000-2001). In 2001 he was appointed as Minister of Finance of Venezuela by President Hugo Chavez. He held that position until the following year, when he was designated as Science and Technology Minister. From that position he was called by President Chavez for the presidency of Social Development Bank (BANDES), a position he left to return to the Ministry of Finance in early 2004. During his second term, took place the creation of the FONDEN, Venezuela's National Development Fund. From April 2009 he became a president of the Central Bank of Venezuela until 2013.

1978

In 1978 Merentes finished his bachelor's degree of Mathematics at Central University of Venezuela and continued his post graduate education taking courses on Economy and Finance, as well as in multifunction techniques for the study of economic problems, completing finally a doctorate in Mathematics with summa cum laude honors, at the Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest (Hungary) (1991).

1954

Nelson José Merentes Díaz (born 6 May 1954) is a Venezuelan mathematician, researcher, and politician.