Moisés Naím

Moisés Naím
Naím in 2019
Minister of Trade and Industry
In office
1989–1990
PresidentCarlos Andrés Pérez
Succeeded byImelda Cisneros
Personal details
Born (1952-07-05) July 5, 1952
Tripoli, Libya
NationalityVenezuelan
Residence(s)Washington, DC
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
OccupationDistinguished Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
ProfessionJournalist
Websitewww.moisesnaim.com

Moisés Naím (born July 5, 1952) is a Venezuelan journalist and writer. He is a Distinguished Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Naím was the editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine for 14 years (1996-2010). Since 2012, he has directed and hosted Efecto Naím, a weekly televised news program on the economy and international affairs that airs throughout the Americas on NTN24. In 2011, he received the Ortega y Gasset Award for his important contribution to journalism in the Spanish language.

He is the former Minister of Trade and Industry for Venezuela, director of its central bank, and executive director of the World Bank. Naím is also the founder and chairman of the Group of Fifty and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Inter-American Dialogue, and the World Economic Forum.