BOGOTA, June 30 (Reuters) – Miguel Gomez has been appointed finance minister by Colombia’s president-elect, Abelardo De La Espriella, Gomez told Reuters on Tuesday.
Gomez will be tasked with pushing ambitious economic reforms through a polarized Congress to help ameliorate the country’s deteriorating finances.
De La Espriella has promised to cut taxes, ease regulations, and shrink the state 40% to address a large deficit that has impacted the country’s credit rating.
(Reporting by Nelson Bocanegra, Editing by Daina Beth Solomon)
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