Jonathan Menkos | |
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![]() Official portrait as member of Congress, 2024 | |
Minister of Public Finance | |
Assumed office 19 January 2024 | |
President | Bernardo Arévalo |
Preceded by | Edwin Oswaldo Martínez Cameros |
Member of the Congress of Guatemala | |
In office 14 January 2024 –19 January 2024 | |
Succeeded by | Olga Isabel Villalta Pereira |
Constituency | National List |
Personal details | |
Born | Guatemala City,Guatemala | 29 June 1975
Political party | Semilla |
Alma mater | Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala Universidad de Valparaíso |
Website | https://jonathanmenkos.org |
Jonathan Kiril Thomas Menkos Zeissig (born 29 June 1975) is a Guatemalan economist,politician,writer,academic and analyst serving as Guatemala's Minister of Public Finance since January 19,2024. [1] [2] He previously served as president of the Central American Institute of Fiscal Studies (ICEFI) starting September 2012. [3] [4]
On March 5,2019,the Board of Directors of the Central American Institute of Fiscal Studies announced that Menkos requested a license to be absent from his duties as President of the Central American Institute of Fiscal Studies from March 1 to August 15,2019. Hours later,the political party Movimiento Semilla announced that Menkos had been elected as its vice presidential candidate and running mate of ex-attorney general Thelma Aldana, [5] [6] however Aldana was disqualified from the presidential race. [7]