The Most Famous
ECONOMISTS from Paraguay
This page contains a list of the greatest Paraguayan Economists. The pantheon dataset contains 414 Economists, 1 of which were born in Paraguay. This makes Paraguay the birth place of the 56th most number of Economists behind Mexico, and Taiwan.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Paraguayan Economists of all time. This list of famous Paraguayan Economists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Santiago Peña (b. 1978)
With an HPI of 44.62, Santiago Peña is the most famous Paraguayan Economist. His biography has been translated into 30 different languages on wikipedia.
Santiago Peña Palacios (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo ˈpeɲa paˈlasjos]; born 16 November 1978) is a Paraguayan politician and economist who is the 52nd and current president of Paraguay since 2023. In addition to his political career, Peña has served on leadership boards for the Central Bank of Paraguay and Banco Amambay. He has also taught economics at the Catholic University of Asunción, and has published research papers on monetary policy and finance. Peña is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Paraguay, and former minister of Finance of Paraguay. He previously stood as a candidate in the Colorado Party's presidential primary in 2018, where he lost to Mario Abdo Benítez, who went on to be elected president in the 2018 general election. He later won the party's nomination for president in the 2023 general election, in which he ultimately won. Peña was a member of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party between 1996 and 2016, when he joined the Colorado Party.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Paraguayan economists born between 1978 and 1978. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Paraguayan economists include Santiago Peña. As of April 2024, 1 new Paraguayan economists have been added to Pantheon including Santiago Peña.
