Efraín Goldenberg


Efraín Goldenberg Schreiber, or Efraím, served as Peru's finance minister, foreign relations minister, and prime minister in the 1990s.

Early life

Goldenberg was born on December 28, 1929, in Lima, Peru, to Romanian-Jewish immigrants. He grew up in Talara, and attended the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.

Political career

On February 17, 1994, he was sworn in as Prime Minister of Peru by then President Alberto Fujimori, a position that he held until 1995. He was Peru's foreign relations minister prior to this office. On October 10, 1999, he became Peru's Finance Minister. He has had a role in the business community as chairperson of the National Fisheries Society and director of the Fund for the Promoting of Exports.