| Donald Guerrero | |
| Office: | Minister of Finance |
| Termstart: | August 16, 2016 |
| Termend: | August 16, 2020 |
| President: | Danilo Medina |
| Predecessor: | Simón Lizardo Mézquita |
| Successor: | José Manuel Vicente Dubocq |
| Birth Date: | 6 November 1958 |
| Birth Place: | San José de Ocoa, Dominican Republic |
| Parents: | Ángel Donald Guerrero Martínez, Francia Ortíz Arias |
| Alma Mater: | Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo University of Maryland |
| Occupation: | Economist, businessman, politician |
Donald Guerrero Ortíz (born November 6, 1958) is a Dominican businessman, economist, and professor. He was the Minister of Finance[1] of the Dominican Republic from 2016 to 2020.
Guerrero Ortíz was born in San José de Ocoa on November 6, 1958. He is the son of Ángel Donald Guerrero Martínez and Francia Ortiz Arias.[2]
He graduated in Economics from the Santo Domingo Institute of Technology, where he also completed postgraduate studies in Business Administration. Later, he completed a master's degree in Finance from the University of Maryland and a postgraduate degree in Banking and Finance from Chase Manhattan Bank, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Guerrero Ortiz taught at various universities. He was a teacher of Microeconomics and Business Economics at the Pedro Henríquez Ureña National University (UNPHU). Additionally, he taught International and Corporate Finance at the postgraduate level at INTEC. He was professor of Business Strategy at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra.[3]
Through Presidential Decree 201-16,[4] he was appointed Minister of Finance to replace Simón Lizardo Amézquita in 2016. He held the position until August 16, 2020. He implemented measures to guarantee and safeguard the country's financial health.
In his four years of management, he took the following actions:
British magazine The Banker, from the Financial Times editorial group, chose Guerrero Ortiz as the 2018 Minister of Finance of the Year for the Americas.[9]
He was among three prime ministers chosen in the “2016 Ranking: The Best Finance Ministers of Latin America” published by the main business, economy and finance magazine in the region, AméricaEconomía.[10]