Luis Carlos Reyes Hernández (born May 4, 1984) is a Colombian economist, professor, researcher and

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who has served Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism from 2024 to 2025 under President

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. He served as Director of the National Tax and Customs Directorate from 2022 to 2024. Reyes is the co-founder and first

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of the Fiscal Observatory of the

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. He has served as an economist at the Federal Communications Commission, visiting assistant professor at

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in the United States, and assistant professor and associate professor at Javeriana University. He has been a columnist for the newspaper

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and a member of the

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of the

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Research Program. Reyes has worked as an economic researcher most of his life. As an economist, Reyes is noted for his emphasis on

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, and applied

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. His academic research has been published in journals such as

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and the Journal of Institutional Economics.

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* , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Reyes, Luis Carlos 1984 births Living people Politicians from Bogotá Colombian economists Colombian historians 21st-century Colombian economists 21st-century Colombian historians 21st-century Colombian politicians Michigan State University alumni Florida International University alumni Petro administration personnel Petro administration cabinet members Ministers of commerce, industry and tourism of Colombia