Luis Carlos Reyes

Colombian economist, historian, politician, teacher and researcher

Luis Carlos Reyes
Official portrait, 2024

Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
Incumbent
Assumed office June 11, 2024
President	Gustavo Petro
Preceded by	Germán Umaña
Director of the National Tax and Customs Directorate
In office August 10, 2022 – June 4, 2024
President	Gustavo Petro
Preceded by	Lisandro Junco Rivera
Succeeded by	Jairo Orlando

Personal details
Born	Luis Carlos Reyes Hernández (1984-05-04) May 4, 1984 (age 40) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Alma mater	Florida International University (BA) Michigan State University (BEc)

Luis Carlos Reyes Hernández (born May 4, 1984) is a Colombian economist, historian, politician, teacher and researcher. Previously served as Director of the National Tax and Customs Directorate from 2022 to 2024.^[1]^[2]Since 2024 he serves as Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Reyes is the co-founder and first director of the Fiscal Observatory of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. He has served as an economist at the Federal Communications Commission, visiting assistant professor at Grand Valley State University in the United States, and assistant professor and associate professor at Javeriana University. He has been a columnist for the newspaper El Espectador and a member of the Advisory Committee of the ICFES Research Program. He has worked as an economic researcher most of his life.

As an economist, Reyes is noted for his emphasis on economic development, public economics, and applied microeconomics. His academic research has been published in journals such as World Development and the Journal of Institutional Economics.^[6]^[7]

References

^ "¿Quién es Luis Carlos Reyes, nueva cabeza de la DIAN, y qué retos tiene la entidad?". elespectador.com. July 11, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
^ Casas, Sebastián (June 11, 2022). "Luis Carlos Reyes es designado como nuevo director de la DIAN". rcnradio.com. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
^ Pantano, Dayana (June 13, 2024). "Este artículo fue hecho gracias al esfuerzo de trabajo de un periodista profesional". colombia.ladevi.info. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
^ "Luis Carlos Reyes, ex director de la DIAN, asume como nuevo ministro de Comercio de Colombia". americaeconomia.com. June 11, 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
^ Escobar Fernández, Juan (June 11, 2024). "Petro le puso retos a Luis Carlos Reyes, exdirector de la Dian, en el Ministerio de Comercio: hay ultimátum al petróleo". infobae.com. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
^ "Luis Carlos Reyes: "Los que dicen que soy mejor influencer que director no han dirigido una entidad"". bluradio.com. June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
^ Vega, Lina María (July 7, 2024). "Quién es Luis Carlos Reyes, nuevo ministro de Comercio: perfil y estudios". wradio.com.co. Retrieved May 29, 2024.

External links

Media related to Luis Carlos Reyes at Wikimedia Commons

Political offices
Preceded by Lisandro Junco Rivera	Director of the National Tax and Customs Directorate 2022-2024	Succeeded by Jairo Orlando
Preceded by Germán Umaña	Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism 2024–present	Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by Omar Andrés Camacho as Minister of Mines and Energy	Order of precedence of Colombia as Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism since June 11, 2024	Succeeded by Aurora Vergara as Minister of National Education

Cabinet of President Gustavo Petro (2022-present)

Cabinet
Vice President	Francia Márquez (2022-present)
Minister of the Interior	Alfonso Prada (2022-2023) Luis Fernando Velasco (2023-2024) Juan Fernando Cristo (2024-present)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Álvaro Leyva (2022-2024) Luis Gilberto Murillo (2024-present)
Minister of Finance and Public Credit	José Antonio Ocampo (2022-2023) Ricardo Bonilla (2023-present)
Minister of Justice and Law	Néstor Osuna (2022-present)
Minister of National Defense	Iván Velásquez (2022-present)
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development	Cecilia López (2022-2023) Jhenifer Mojica (2023-present)
Minister of Health and Social Protection	Carolina Corcho (2022-2023) Guillermo Jaramillo (2023-present)
Minister of Labour	Gloria Inés Ramírez (2022-present)
Minister of Mines and Energy	Irene Vélez (2022-2023) Omar Andrés Camacho (2023-present)
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism	Germán Umaña (2022-2024) Luis Carlos Reyes (2024-present)
Minister of National Education	Alejandro Gaviria (2022-2023) Aurora Vergara (2023-present)
Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development	Susana Muhamad (2022-present)
Minister of Housing, City and Territory	Catalina Velasco (2022-present)
Minister of Information Technologies and Communications	Sandra Urrutia (2022-2023) Mauricio Lizcano (2023-present)
Minister of Transport	Guillermo Reyes (2022-2023) William Camargo (2023-present)
Minister of Culture	Patricia Ariza (2022-2023) Jorge Zorro (2023-2023) Juan David Correa (2023-present)
Minister of Sports	María Isabel Urrutia (2022-2023) Astrid Rodríguez (2023-2024) Luz Cristina López (2024-present)
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation	Arturo Luis Luna (2022-2023) Yesenia Olaya (2023-present)
Minister of Equality and Equity	Francia Márquez (2023-present)

Cabinet-level
Chief of Staff	Laura Sarabia (2022-2023)
General Director of the DAPR	Mauricio Lizcano (2022-2023) Carlos Ramón González (2023-2024) Laura Sarabia (2024-present)
General Director of DPN	Jorge Iván González (2022-2024) Alexander López Maya (2024-present)
General Director of the DAFP	Augusto Manrique (2022-present)
General Director of the DAPS	Cielo Rusinque (2022-2023) Laura Sarabia (2023-2024) Gustavo Bolívar (2024-present)
General Director of the DNI	Manuel Casanova (2022-2024) Carlos Ramón González (2024-present)
General Director of the DANE	Piedad Urdinola (2022-present)