Santiago Peña Palacios

Santiago Peña Palacios is an economist, politician, former member of the Board of the Central Bank of Paraguay, professor, and former Minister of Finance of the Republic of Paraguay. He was the candidate of the Colorado Party for the presidency of Paraguay in 2018. He lost the primary election to Mario Abdo Benítez who went on to win the presidency. He was appointed to the board of Bank Amambay in March 2018. The Bank is part of former Paraguayan president Horacio Cartes Grupo Cartes holdings.