Arminio Fraga

Armínio Fraga
Fraga at the World Economic Forum on Latin America in 2009.
President of the Central Bank
In office
4 March 1999 – 1 January 2003
PresidentFernando Henrique Cardoso
Preceded byGustavo Franco
Succeeded byHenrique Meirelles
Personal details
Born (1957-07-20) 20 July 1957 (age 67)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alma materPontifical 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]

  1. ^ Galeria de ex-presidentes do Banco Central do Brasil, BCB, Accessed 18 November 2018
  2. ^ "Group of 30 :: Current Member Biography". group30.org. Retrieved 2020-12-02.