José Antonio Ocampo
| José Antonio Ocampo | |
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| United Nations Undersecretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs | |
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In office 1 July 2003 – 1 July 2007 |
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| Secretary-General |
Kofi Annan Ban Ki-moon |
| Preceded by | Nitin Desai |
| Succeeded by | Sha Zukang |
| United Nations Executive Secretary for the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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In office 1 January 1998 – 1 July 2003 |
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| Secretary-General | Kofi Annan |
| Preceded by | Gert Rosenthal |
| Succeeded by | José Luis Machinea |
| 61st Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia | |
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In office 7 August 1996 – 24 November 1997 |
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| President | Ernesto Samper Pizano |
| Preceded by | Guillermo Perry Rubio |
| Succeeded by | Antonio José Urdinola Uribe |
| Director of the National Planning Department of Colombia | |
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In office 7 August 1994 – 14 May 1996 |
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| President | Ernesto Samper Pizano |
| Preceded by | Armando Montenegro Trujillo |
| Succeeded by | Juan Carlos Ramírez Jaramillo |
| Minister of Agriculture of Colombia | |
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In office 4 May 1993 – 7 August 1994 |
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| President | César Gaviria |
| Preceded by | Alfonso López Caballero |
| Succeeded by | Antonio Hernández Gamarra |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 December 1952 Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Alma mater |
University of Notre Dame Yale University |
José Antonio Ocampo Gaviria (born 20 December 1952) is, since July 2007, Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs and Director of the Economic and Political Development Concentration at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. Prior to his appointment, Ocampo served in a number of positions in the United Nations and the Government of Colombia, most notably in the United Nations as Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs and Executive Secretary for the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, and in Colombia as Minister of Finance and Public Credit and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.
On 23 March 2012, Ocampo was nominated by Brazil as a candidate to lead the World Bank. Ocampo's native Colombia declined to endorse his bid, however, and with limited backing he withdrew from the race on 13 April 2012 and swung his support behind Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
Ocampo graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1972 with BAs in Sociology and Economics, in 1976 he received his PhD in Economics from Yale University with his dissertation Capital accumulation and international relations.
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