Sergio de Castro (economist)

Sergio de Castro Spikula
Minister of Economy
In office
14 April 1975 – 27 December 1976
Preceded byFernando Léniz
Succeeded byPablo Baraona
Minister of Finance
In office
31 December 1976 – 22 April 1982
Preceded byJorge Cauas
Succeeded bySergio de la Cuadra
Personal details
Born(1930-01-25)25 January 1930
Santiago, Chile
Died26 April 2024(2024-04-26) (aged 94)
Political partyIndependent
ResidenceSantiago, Chile
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Chile
University of Chicago
OccupationEconomist

Sergio de Castro Spikula (25 January 1930 – 26 April 2024) was a Chilean economist who served the military junta headed by Augusto Pinochet as economy and finance minister. De Castro was one of the Chicago Boys, trained in economics at the University of Chicago.[1] Sergio de Castro is one of the authors of the influential text known as El ladrillo, writing its prologue.[2][3]

De Castro died on 26 April 2024, at the age of 94.[4]

  1. ^ Opazo, Tania (12 January 2016). "The Boys Who Got to Remake an Economy". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ^ (in Spanish) La transformación económica de chilena entre 1973-2003. Memoria Chilena.
  3. ^ Sergio de Castro Spíkula; Juan Carlos Méndez G. (1992). "El Ladrillo": Bases de la Política Económica Del Gobierno Militar Chileno. Centro de Estudios Públicos. ISBN 978-956-7015-07-8.
  4. ^ A los 94 años fallece el exministro de Hacienda Sergio de Castro (in Spanish)