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Colombian businessman and former diplomat

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Moreno and the second or maternal family name is Mejía.

Luis Alberto Moreno Mejía (born 3 May 1953) is a Colombian businessman and former diplomat who served as President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) from 2005 to 2020.^[1] He was also Colombia's Ambassador to the United States under President Andrés Pastrana Arango from 1998 to 2005, and is the former President of the Instituto de Fomento Industrial.

He currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees at the World Economic Forum (WEF) since 2011.

Early life and education

Moreno was born in Philadelphia to his Colombian father, Bernardo Moreno Mejía (1928–2013), who at the time was attending medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, and his mother, Marta Mejía Pradilla.^[2] He was raised in Bogota, where he studied at Colegio San Carlos and