Alejandro Chafuen

Alejandro Antonio Chafuen is managing director, international, of the Acton Institute. He is past president of the Atlas Network. A U.S. citizen, born in Argentina in 1954, and a graduate of the Argentine Catholic University and Grove City College, Chafuen received his Doctorate under Dr. Hans F. Sennholz, a disciple of Ludwig von Mises and an honorary doctorate from the Universidad Francisco Marroquín. His book Faith and Liberty has been translated into Chinese, Polish, Czech, Italian, Slovenian, and Spanish. Member of the Mont Pelerin Society since 1980 and immediate past president of the Philadelphia Society. In 2014, he received the Walter Judd Freedom Award from The Fund for American Studies, in 2017 the Mengzi – Marco Polo Award from ASECIC (Italy) and in 2018, the Juan de Mariana Award, from Instituto Juan de Mariana. Chafuen is trustee of Grove City College; the Fraser Institute; Fundación Internacional para La Libertad (Madrid); CEDICE US (Venezuela); International Freedom Educational Foundation; the Chase Foundation of Virginia; and member of the John Templeton Foundation.