Efraín Goldenberg Schreiber (or Efraím; 28 December 1929 – 10 December 2025) was a Peruvian politician who served as finance and economy minister, foreign relations minister, and prime minister during the presidency of Alberto Fujimori.Catherine M. Conaghan - Fujimori's Peru: Deception in the Public Sphere 2005 - - Page 97 "Cabinet president Efraín Goldenberg announced that both Attorney General Colán and JNE board member Manuel Catorca were en route to Huánuco to lead an investigation. Meanwhile, the police arrested twelve of the seventeen suspects ."
Personal life Goldenberg was born on 28 December 1929,Profile of Efraín Goldenberg Schreiber in Lima, Peru, to Romanian-Jewish immigrants. He grew up in Talara, and attended the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Goldenberg died on 10 December 2025, at the age of 95.
Political career On 17 February 1994, he was sworn in as Prime Minister of Peru by President Alberto Fujimori, a position that he held until 1995. He was Peru's foreign relations minister prior to this office (28 August 1993 – 28 July 1995). On 15 October 1999, he became Peru's minister of economy and finance. He has had a role in the business community as chairperson of the National Fisheries Society and director of the Fund for the Promoting of Exports.
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