| Jonathan Menkos | |
| Office: | Minister of Public Finance |
| Term Start: | 19 January 2024 |
| Birth Date: | 29 June 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Party: | Semilla |
| Alma Mater: | Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala Universidad de Valparaíso |
| Website: | https://jonathanmenkos.org |
| Office1: | Member of the Congress of Guatemala |
| Termstart1: | 14 January 2024 |
| Termend1: | 19 January 2024 |
| Constituency1: | National List |
| Successor1: | Olga Isabel Villalta Pereira |
| Predecessor: | Edwin Oswaldo Martínez Cameros |
| President: | Bernardo Arévalo |
Jonathan Kiril Thomas Menkos Zeissig (born 29 June 1975) is a Guatemalan economist, politician, writer, academic and analyst serving as Guatemala's Minister of Public Finance since January 19, 2024.[1] [2] He previously served as president of the Central American Institute of Fiscal Studies (ICEFI) starting September 2012.[3] [4]
On March 5, 2019, the Board of Directors of the Central American Institute of Fiscal Studies announced that Menkos requested a license to be absent from his duties as President of the Central American Institute of Fiscal Studies from March 1 to August 15, 2019. Hours later, the political party Movimiento Semilla announced that Menkos had been elected as its vice presidential candidate and running mate of ex-attorney general Thelma Aldana,[5] [6] however Aldana was disqualified from the presidential race.[7]