Simón Gaviria


Simón Gaviria Muñoz is a Colombian economist and politician who served as General Director of National Planning from 2014 to 2017 under President Juan Manuel Santos. A member of the Gaviria family and the Liberal party, he has served as a Representative for Bogotá and as president of the Chamber of representatives
Born in Pereira, Risaralda, he holds a degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a master's degree in public administration from Harvard Kennedy School.

Personal life

Born on 24 November 1980 in Pereira, Colombia, he is the eldest of two children, son of César Gaviria and Ana Milena Muñoz Gómez; his younger sister is María Paz Gaviria. He is married to María Margarita Amín Díaz with whom he has two daughters, Sofía and Filipa.