Fernando Carrera
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 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala
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In office 15 January 2013 – 16 September 2014 |
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| President | Otto Pérez Molina |
| Preceded by | Harold Caballeros |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Raúl Morales |
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Secretary (Minister) National Planning and Programming of Guatemala
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In office 2011–2012 |
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Guatemalan Ambassador to the United Nations
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In office 19 September 2014 – 22 September 2015 |
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| President | Otto Pérez Molina |
| Preceded by | Gert Rosenthal |
| Succeeded by | José Alberto Sandoval Cojulún |
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April 19, 1966 Guatemala City Guatemala |
| Nationality | Guatemalan |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Ugalde |
| Children | Amanda Isabel Laura Beatriz |
| Alma mater |
UNA Cambridge University |
| Profession | Economist/Diplomat |
| Website | MINEX |
Ambassador Luis Fernando Carrera Castro (Guatemala City, Guatemala, April 19, 1966) is a Guatemalan economist, political analyst and diplomat. He served as Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations during the presidency of Otto Perez Molina. Before that, he was the Minister for Foreign Affairs, during the same administration. He is a Guatemalan economist, specializing in fiscal policies, and also a political analyst. He obtained his bachelor's degree in economics from Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica in 1990. Then, he obtained an M. Phil. in Economics and Politics of Development, at Cambridge University in 1992.
Luis Fernando Carrera Castro was born in Guatemala City. Son of José Roberto Carrera Bonilla and Judith Castro de Carrera. His father was originally from Guatemala city, and his mother came from Tactic, Alta Verapaz. He began his studies in Guatemala City, but due to the political situation of the country, his family went into exile in 1975. They moved to Costa Rica, where he finishes school and enters to college. His father was the first to leave the country exiled in 1971. He finishes his undergraduate studies as Bachelor in Economics at the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica in 1990, and then departs to England, to obtain his MPhil degree on Economics and Politics of Development at the University of Cambridge in 1992. He is married to economist Elizabeth Ugalde Miranda, Costa Rican, with whom he has two daughters. Amanda Isabel and Laura Beatriz.
Between 1993 and 1994, he was the Research Director for the Latin American regional office of the International Cooperative Alliance, and he was a consultant in rural development programs in El Salvador and Nicaragua, for several European NGO's.
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