Armínio Fraga | |
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President of the Central Bank | |
In office 4 March 1999 – 1 January 2003 | |
President | Fernando Henrique Cardoso |
Preceded by | Gustavo Franco |
Succeeded by | Henrique Meirelles |
Personal details | |
Born | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 20 July 1957
Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro Princeton University |
Armínio Fraga Neto (born 20 July 1957, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian economist who was president of the Central Bank of Brazil from 1999 to 2003.[1] From 1993 until his appointment to the Central Bank, he was Managing Director of Soros Fund Management in New York. Since 2001, he has been a member of the influential Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty.[2]