Arminio Fraga
| Arminio Fraga Neto | |
|---|---|
 Fraga at the World Economic Forum on Latin America in 2009. | |
| President of the Central Bank of Brazil | |
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In office 4 March 1999 – 1 January 2003 | |
| Appointed by | Fernando Henrique Cardoso |
| Preceded by | Gustavo Franco |
| Succeeded by | Henrique Meirelles |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 July 1957 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Alma mater |
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro Princeton University |
Arminio Fraga (born 20 July 1957, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian economist who was president of the Central Bank of Brazil from 1999 to 2002. He is also a former associate of George Soros and his Quantum Fund. Since 2001 he has been a member of the influential Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty.
He received his PhD in economics from Princeton University in 1985.
In 2003, he founded the Rio de Janeiro based investment company, Gávea Investimentos.
Fraga has been called the Alan Greenspan of Latin America for his skillful handling of Brazilian monetary policy during his tenure as CBB president.
Fraga worked for both Fernando Henrique Cardoso governments.
In 2009, he became a member of the International Advisory Council of the Chinese sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corporation.[1]
In October 2010, Gávea Investimentos was acquired by Highbridge Capital Management, a subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
References
External links
- Publications at the National Bureau of Economic Research
- Works by or about Arminio Fraga in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Arminio Fraga collected news and commentary at The New York Times