Fernando Carrillo-Flórez

Fernando Carrillo-Flórez is senior advisor in the IDB’s State, Governance, and Civil Society Division. A native of Colombia, Carrillo studied law and socioeconomics at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. He holds master's degrees in law and public finance from Harvard Law School and in administration and public policy from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Carrillo has taught constitutional law, political science and law and economics at Universidad Javeriana, Universidad Los Andes and Universidad Rosario, all located in Bogotá. He has published widely in the areas of law and economics, judicial reform and governability in Latin America.

Carrillo served as presidential advisor on institutional reform and as minister of Justice during the government of César Gaviria. In 1991, he was elected a member of Colombia’s Constituent Assembly and its national congress. He joined the IDB in 1994.