Gustavo Saberbein

Gustavo Alberto Saberbein Chevalier (March 31, 1945 – August 19, 2025) was a Peruvian mechanical engineer and economist.  

Life and career

Chevalier was born in Lima on March 31, 1945. He was Minister of Economy and Finance in the first government of Alan García, between 1987 and 1988.[1]

He had previously been a consultant to the Andean Community, the Latin American Institute for Economic and Social Planning, UNIDO, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.[2] He was also director of Industrias del Perú (1977) and Electro Perú (1978).[3]

From 1997 to 2009 he was a professor at St. Augustine College in Chicago, where he died on August 19, 2025, at the age of 80.[4]

References

  1. ^ Centeno, Miguel A.; Silva, Patricio (2016-07-27). The Politics of Expertise in Latin America. Springer. ISBN 978-1-349-26185-7.
  2. ^ "ENTRE LO NETO Y LO BRUTO; HAY UN DESCUENTO". otrosyfinanzas.lamula.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  3. ^ "Los ministros de economía durante la hiperinflación en la década de los 80". El Comercio (in Spanish). 2013-09-11. ISSN 1605-3052. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  4. ^ Capillo, Geraldo (2025-08-19). "Falleció Gustavo Saberbein Chevalier, exministro de Economía: trayectoria del profesional que asumió en una de las etapas más turbulentas del Perú". Diario Expreso (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-20.
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