This Friday the President Elect will present his presidential cabinet and who will be the leader of Gabriel Boric’s economic team? The name of Mario Marcel has sounded strong in the last hours and, even, it has provoked economic effects as might be seen with the price of the dollar. But nevertheless, It is not the only letter to head the Ministry of Finance, key portfolio in the future administration.
Treasury will be one of the key portfolios for the Chilean and world economic moment, and for the reforms that the Boric government seeks to implement.
The president-elect noted that the next finance minister “is going to have a relevant role, we are going to choose a person who is going to be tremendously qualified”. He added that “I don’t want to refer only to the Treasury, Why are we always so worried regarding Lucas?
It is noteworthy that even Boric was asked to expedite this appointment, a request that was not considered.
Possible names have been around since the triumph of the Approve Dignidad standard-bearer in the second round, but in recent days one not only surprised, but also reassured the markets. The current president of the Central Bank, Mario Marcel as a possible candidate it meant that the dollar fell to levels not seen since November 2021.
What do members of parliament expect from the new minister?
Alejandra Sepulveda, FRVS deputy indicated that she hopes that the Minister of Finance “don’t take your balls home and think that these are supraministers or supraministeries”. He explained the importance of coordination with “the different sectorial ministers, so that each one in his specialty contributes”.
For his part, Juan Antonio Coloma, Senator of the UDI, stated that “I wish I had that logic of seeking understanding instead of confrontation. I hope it will be a cabinet that is not afraid to reach agreements with those who think differently as long as it is inspired by a great Chile for all.”
Other possible names of the head of the economic team:
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– The former Superintendent of Securities and Insurance, William Larrain.
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– The former Minister of Energy, Max Pacheco.
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Treasury will be a portfolio with multiple challenges, which will have to face a significant desales and the effects of state aid and withdrawals of funds. In this sense, the former Minister of Finance, Ignacio Briones, mentioned that “the feeling of abundance is going to end. We are going to have that a landing is the first thing that must be understood, in simple; what goes up must come down.”
Opinion shared by Rodrigo Valdés, also former head of the Treasury portfolio, who emphasized that “a soft landing can be made, but you have to land. That means that we cannot grow much this year, so we have to prepare“.
It will be a man or a woman who will have to lead the economic team combining technique and politics to sustain the changes that will be promoted in the future.
The ministry is key for the stage that begins on March 11, an economic team that will take charge of the tax and social security challenges.