| Mauricio Santamaría | |
| Office: | General Director of National Planning |
| Term Start: | 24 January 2012 |
| Term End: | 7 October 2017 |
| President: | Juan Manuel Santos |
| Predecessor: | Hernando José Gómez |
| Successor: | Tatyana Orozco |
| Office2: | Minister of Health and Social Protection |
| Term Start2: | 3 November 2011 |
| Term End2: | 24 January 2012 |
| President2: | Juan Manuel Santos |
| Predecessor2: | Juan Luis Londoño |
| Successor2: | Beatriz Londoño Soto |
| Office3: | Minister of Social Protection |
| Term Start3: | 7 August 2010 |
| Term End3: | 3 November 2011 |
| President3: | Juan Manuel Santos |
| Predecessor3: | Diego Palacio Betancourt |
| Successor3: | Office abolished |
| Birth Date: | 19 August 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Nationality: | Colombian |
| Alma Mater: | University of the Andes (BA Econ) Georgetown University (M.Econ, Ph.D.) |
| Profession: | Economist |
Mauricio Santamaría Salamanca (born 19 August 1966) is a Colombian economist and politician, who previously served as Director of the National Planning Department of Colombia.[1] He served as the 3rd Minister of Social Protection during the Administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón from 2010 until its restructuring amidst a wider Ministerial Reform when the Ministry was divided into separate Health and Labour ministries, being reappointed then as the 1st Minister of Health and Social Protection of Colombia until 2012 when he was reassigned. An economist from Georgetown University, Santa María has worked as a Consultant and Senior Economist for the World Bank, was Deputy Director of the National Planning Department, and prior to his appointment served as Adjunct Director of the Colombian Foundation of Higher Education and Development (Fedesarrollo).[2] [3] [4]