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InterviewsNovember 27 2017

Paraguay's finance minister brings youth to the table

Paraguay’s finance minister, Lea Giménez, talks to Silvia Pavoni about curbing government inefficiency and what a changing economy means for the country’s younger generation.
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“I’d been away for 15 years. I did not want to come back,” says Paraguayan finance minister Lea Giménez. “But Paraguay has finally woken up and things are happening, and it’s really encouraging.”

Ms Giménez joined her country’s Ministry of Finance in 2016 as economic vice-minister, having covered various roles at the World Bank. When, in mid-2017, then finance minister Santiago Peña announced his candidacy in the forthcoming presidential elections, she took over, becoming the first woman to run the ministry, and, at 36 years of age, like her predecessor one of the younger professionals who are bringing about change in the country.

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Silvia Pavoni is editor in chief of The Banker. Silvia also serves as an advisory board member for the Women of the Future Programme and for the European Risk Management Council, and is part of the London council of non-profit WILL, Women in Leadership in Latin America. In 2019, she was awarded an honorary fellowship by City University of London.
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