| Mauricio García Araujo | |
| Birth Date: | 7 July 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Maracaibo, Venezuela |
| Spouse: | Irene Giliberti de García Araujo |
| Children: | Luis Vicente García Giliberti, María de Lourdes García Giliberti, Irene del Carmen García Giliberti, Mauricio Andrés García Giliberti |
| Alma Mater: | Columbia University |
| Profession: | Economist |
| Signature: | Firma Mauricio García Araujo.jpg |
| Office: | President of the Central Bank of Venezuela |
| Term Start: | 1987 |
| Term End: | 1989 |
| President: | Jaime Lusinchi |
| Predecessor: | Hernán Anzola |
| Successor: | Pedro Tinoco |
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 Central Bank of Venezuela between 1987 and 1989[1] during the presidency of Jaime Lusinchi (1984-1989).
García Araujo was born on 7 July 1930 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. In 1953, he obtained a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's in business administration, both from Columbia University.[2]
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).[3] He was also a member of the board of directos of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A (PDVSA) and Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (CVG).
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[4] and Electricidad de Caracas, an electricity distribution company. In 2007, Electricidad de Caracas became a government-owned company.
After 1990, Garcia Araujo was known as an expert advising family business organizations in Venezuela. He gave family business conferences within Venezuela and internationally.
García Araujo was president of Asociación Venezolana de Ejecutivos (AVE) between 1966 and 1968, and a founding and active member of the corporate governance committee in the same institution. AVE is an institution that promotes training and education for Venezuelan managers.
In 1961, he was a founding member of Institute of Advanced Studies in Administration (IESA) in Caracas.[5] [6] He was a professor at Universidad Rafael Urdaneta in Maracaibo and the founder of Andres Bello Fellowship at Oxford University.