Rolf Lüders
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October 1, 1935
Rolf Lüders | |
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| Minister of Finance | |
| In office August 30, 1982 – February 14, 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Sergio de la Cuadra |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Cáceres |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rolf Lüders Schwarzenberg October 1, 1935 |
| Alma mater | Universidad Católica de Chile University of Chicago |
| Occupation | Economist |
Rolf Lüders Schwarzenberg (born October 1, 1935 in Santiago) is a Chilean economist, entrepreneur, scholar, politician, and former Minister of State. He is son of Jürgen Lüders, leading mountaineer of the Club Alemán Andino (German Andean Club).
Lüders is a member of the Chicago Boys.
Lüders studied at the Universidad Católica. He graduated in Commercial Engineering in 1958 and received the Hamel Prize awarded to the best Commercial Engineer that graduated in Chile that year.[citation needed]
He then went to the University of Chicago for graduate studies: MBA, MA in Economics, and ultimately a PhD in Economics (1968) with a thesis on Chile’s monetary history. Milton Friedman was Lüders' thesis advisor.
