Efraín Goldenberg | |
Office: | Prime Minister of Peru |
Term Start: | 17 February 1994 |
Term End: | 28 July 1995 |
President: | Alberto Fujimori |
Predecessor: | Alfonso Bustamante y Bustamante |
Successor: | Dante Córdova Blanco |
Office2: | Minister of Economy and Finance |
Term Start2: | 15 October 1999 |
Term End2: | 28 July 2000 |
President2: | Alberto Fujimori |
Predecessor2: | Victor Joy Way |
Successor2: | Carlos Boloña Behr |
Office3: | Minister of Foreign Relations |
Term Start3: | 27 August 1993 |
Term End3: | 28 July 1995 |
President3: | Alberto Fujimori |
Predecessor3: | Óscar de la Puente Raygada |
Successor3: | Francisco Tudela |
Birth Name: | Efraín Goldenberg Schreiber |
Birth Date: | 28 December 1929 |
Birth Place: | Lima, Peru |
Party: | Independent Cambio 90 (non-affiliated member) |
Profession: | Politician |
Spouse: | Irene Pravatiner |
Alma Mater: | National University of San Marcos |
Efraín Goldenberg Schreiber, or Efraím (born 28 December 1929),[1] is a Peruvian politician who served as finance and economy minister, foreign relations minister, and prime minister during the presidency of Alberto Fujimori.[2]
Goldenberg was born on December 28, 1929,[3] [4] in Lima, Peru, to Romanian-Jewish immigrants. He grew up in Talara, and attended the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.[5]
On February 17, 1994, he was sworn in as Prime Minister of Peru by President Alberto Fujimori, a position that he held until 1995. He was Peru's foreign relations minister prior to this office (August 28, 1993 – July 28, 1995).[6] [7] [8] On October 15, 1999, he became Peru's minister of economy and finance.[9] [10] He has had a role in the business community as chairperson of the National Fisheries Society and director of the Fund for the Promoting of Exports.