Hector Valdez Albizu was confirmed for seventh time as governor of the Central Bank. He will be 22 years in the post, the most of any other governor. Diogenes Fernandez had served 13 years, from 1963 to 1976.
Presidential Decree 343-18 authorized that Valdez serve another two years. Also confirmed is vice governor Clarissa de la Rocha.
Valdez was first named technical assistant at the Department of Economic Studies of the Central Bank in 1970 when he studied economics at the UASD. He made his career at the Central Bank and was first appointed governor of the Central Bank by late President Joaquin Balaguer in 1994. He would be confirmed by President Leonel Fernandez in 1996. He did not serve under President Hipólito Mejía from 2000-2004, but then returned to the post when President Leonel Fernandez won the election in 2004.
19 September 2018
