Diego Guevara (politician)

Diego Guevara
Official portrait, 2025
Minister of Finance and Public Credit
In office
January 29, 2025  March 18, 2025
PresidentGustavo Petro
Preceded byRicardo Bonilla
Succeeded byGermán Ávila
Deputy Minister General of Finance and Public Credit
In office
August 11, 2022  December 4, 2024
PresidentGustavo Petro
Preceded byAndrés Pardo
Succeeded byJosé Alejandro Herrera
Personal details
Born
Diego Alejandro Guevara Castañeda

(1985-10-16) October 16, 1985
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Political partyHumane Colombia (2020-present)
Other political
affiliations
Historic Pact for Colombia (2021-present)
EducationNational University of Colombia

Diego Alejandro Guevara Castañeda (born October 16, 1985) is a Colombia mechatronics engineer, doctor in economics and professor who served as Deputy Minister General of Finance and Public Credit from 2022 to 2024 and currently Minister of Finance and Public Credit since January 29, 2025.

Born in Bogotá, D.C., he studied Mechatronics Engineering and later completed a master's and doctorate in Economic Sciences at the National University of Colombia. In December 2024, he will be nominated asMinister of Finance and Public Credit, following the resignation of Ricardo Bonilla. Guevara taking the office on January 29, 2025.