Jonathan Menkos

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Jonathan Menkos
Congress of Guatemala
In office
14 January 2024 – 19 January 2024
Succeeded byOlga Isabel Villalta Pereira
ConstituencyNational List
Personal details
Born (1975-06-29) 29 June 1975 (age 49)
Universidad de Valparaíso
Websitehttps://jonathanmenkos.org

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]

References

  1. ^ "Arévalo juramenta a Jonathan Menkos como Ministro de Finanzas" (in Spanish). 2024-01-19. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  2. ^ "Revelan nombres de algunas personas que integrarán el Gabinete de Bernardo Arévalo" (in Spanish). 2023-12-20. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  3. ^ "Semilla confirma a Jonathan Menkos como vicepresidenciable junto con Thelma Aldana". Publinews (in Spanish). 5 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Thelma Aldana ya tendría candidato a vicepresidente". Soy502 (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Thelma Aldana y Jonathan Menkos son el binomio de Semilla". La Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  6. ^ "El vice de Thelma Aldana y por qué Semilla lo eligió a él". Nómada (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  7. ^ Cuffe, Sandra (15 May 2019). "Guatemala court rules popular anti-corruption crusader ineligible to run for president". Washington Post. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
Party political offices
New political party
Semilla Movement nominee for
Vice President of Guatemala

2019
Succeeded by