The changes in the economic cabinet are added this week to others confirmed this week, including the new Agriculture Minister and the appointment of Pablo Anliker as Deputy Minister of that state portfolio.
Last Thursday, new changes by officials were announced within Nayib Bukele’s economic cabinet. Reliable sources have confirmed that on this day the Deputy Minister of Economy, Miguel Ángel Corleto Urey, who was sworn in with the arrival of this government in June 2019, has resigned.
The source has confirmed that Corleto Urey is leaving the institution for better job prospects. According to the Transparency Portal, prior to becoming Deputy Minister, Corleto was Technical Coordinator at the Competition Superintendency and was also a Specialist in the Planning Directorate of the General Secretariat of the Central American Integration System, SG-SICA.
Bukele maintains Anliker’s patronage by appointing him Deputy Minister of Agriculture
It is not yet known who will hold the position of Deputy Minister within this state portfolio.
Hazel González becomes the new Vice President of the BCR. Photo taken from the official BCR Twitter account.
On the other hand, it has been confirmed that the vice president of the Central Reserve Bank, Otto Rodríguez, also left office, and in his place was appointed Hazel González, who has been working in the institution since 2000 and until now as a National Accounts Specialist. .
Rodríguez started his career at the Central Reserve Bank in 1995 as a monetary operations analyst and later obtained his PhD as a specialist in monetary operations. He was Head of the Financial Programming and Analysis Division and since 2010 Head of the Financial System Development Division.
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These new changes are added to other moves that have taken place in the Economic Cabinet since last week. One of the most significant changes is that of Pablo Anliker, who stepped down as head of the Ministry of Agriculture, but now continues as Deputy Minister, thus retaining a shield.