Iván Acosta Montalván is a Nicaraguan politician and the Minister of Finance in the administration of Daniel Ortega since February 2012.[2]

Iván Acosta Montalván
Acosta on left
Minister of Finance
Assumed office
February 2012
PresidentDaniel Ortega
Preceded byAlberto Guevara Obregón
Personal details
Born
Iván Adolfo Acosta Montalván

(1964-09-28) September 28, 1964 (age 59)
Bluefields, Nicaragua
Political partyFSLN[1]
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Nicaragua

Acosta was born in Bluefields on 28 September 1964.[3] He has degrees in economics,[2] and law, and a master's degree in business law. From the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua he holds a PhD in social sciences and a law degree.[4] In 2011 he graduated with a master's degree in business law at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua.[4] Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua empowered him to practice lawyer and notary public in 2006.[4]

Acosta started working in the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit in 2007, including the portfolios of secretary general[2] and deputy minister of finance in 2009.[4] He was appointed as Minister of Finance in February 2012,[2] and he is also the governor for Nicaragua in the World Bank and a member of the board of directors of the Central Bank of Nicaragua.

References edit

  1. ^ VÍLCHEZ, DÁNAE (23 May 2016). "Ortega Begins to Make His Campaign Promises". confidencial.digital. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  2. ^ a b c d "Iván Adolfo Acosta Montalván | Banco Central de Nicaragua". www.bcn.gob.ni (in Spanish). Banco Central de Nicaragua.
  3. ^ "Ministro de hacienda: "El desarrollo de Nicaragua está en el sector agropecuario" - Red Comunica". redcomunica.csuca.org. 27 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d "Miembros del COSEFIN". COSEFIN (in Spanish).