Roberto Campos Neto

In this Portuguese name, "Neto" is a generational suffix meaning "grandson", which is used for someone whose name is the same as their father and grandfather, like "III" in English.
Roberto Campos Neto
Campos in 2023
President of the Central Bank of Brazil
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 February 2019
Nominated byJair Bolsonaro
Preceded byIlan Goldfajn
Personal details
Born
Roberto de Oliveira Campos Neto

(1969-06-28) 28 June 1969 (age 55)
RelativesRoberto Campos (grandfather)
Alma mater

Roberto de Oliveira Campos Neto (born 28 June 1969) is a Brazilian economist, former executive of Banco Santander, and current president of Central Bank of Brazil. He is the grandson of Brazilian politician Roberto Campos, who was minister of planning during the Brazilian military dictatorship.[1]

On 15 November 2018, Campos was announced as the future President of the Central Bank of Brazil in the administration of Jair Bolsonaro.[2] As a Central Banker, Campos was featured in the Pandora Papers, a journalistic leak that exposed secret offshore accounts and he faced calls to resign.[3]

  1. ^ Roberto Campos Neto é indicado para comandar o BC no governo Bolsonaro, G1, accessed 17 November 2018
  2. ^ Roberto Campos Neto comandará Banco Central, Agência Brasil EBC, accessed 17 November 2018
  3. ^ Lafuente, Javier; Martínez Ahrens, Jan (2021-10-03). "Pandora Papers in Latin America: Three active heads of state and 11 former presidents operated in tax havens". El País. Retrieved 2021-10-03.