He President Gustavo Petro requested the resignation of Jairo VIllabona to the National Tax and Customs Directorate (Dian)..
This decision is based on the objective of improving the Nation’s tax collection. This has been one of the most criticized points of the current Government and the head of state would be looking for someone, in his opinion, suitable for this goal..
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His immediate replacement would be Luis Eduardo Llinás Girlwho currently serves as general director of the Financial Information and Analysis Unit.
Villabona arrived at the management of the tax entity in June 2024replacing Luis Carlos Reyeswho became the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism. It was taken over by the then Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Ricardo Bonilla.
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Possession of Jairo Villabona as director of the Dian
It had arrived with the objective of implementing strategies that allow strengthening the Dian’s institutions, as well as carrying out actions against evasion, avoidance and smuggling in the country, one of the tasks still pending for the entity and the National Government.
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Villabona is a public accountant, specializing in taxation and finance. Additionally, he has a master’s degree in administration and a doctorate in management sciences from the University of Rouen, France.
Likewise, he has been manager general of the Teaching Employees Fund of the National University of Colombia (Fodun)in addition to working as a professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the same institution since 2004.
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