Clarissa Altagracia de la Rocha de Torres ( de la Rocha Pimentel; born 12 August 1959,
Ciudad Trujillo) is an
economist from the
Dominican Republic. She is serving as vice-governor (or vice-chairperson) of the
Central Bank of the Dominican Republic since August 2004.
Early life and family
De la Rocha was born within an
upper class family, her parents are the deceased civil servant and columnist Julio Ernesto de la Rocha Báez (son of Julio de la Rocha Carmona and Mercedes Báez Soler), who served as
Minister of the Treasury A ministry of finance is a part of the government in most countries that is responsible for matters related to the finance.
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during the dictatorship of
Rafael Trujillo
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina ( , ; 24 October 189130 May 1961), nicknamed ''El Jefe'' (, "The Chief" or "The Boss"), was a Dominican dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from February 1930 until his assassination in May 1961. He ser ...
,
and Altagracia Edith Pimentel.
She married engineer Nelson Torres Rodríguez and had three children.
De la Rocha de Torres graduated as
Bachelor of Business Administration from
Universidad APEC
Universidad APEC (''Universidad Acción Pro-Educación y Cultura'') (UNAPEC) is a private university located in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It was founded in 1965 under the name of Instituto de Estudios Superiores (Institute of Higher Studi ...
in 1980.
Career
De Torres joined the
Central Bank of the
Dominican Republic in 1978 as Assistant to the Foreign Exchange Department.
De Torres was appointed on 17 August 2004 as
vice-chairperson of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic.
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References
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1959 births
Living people
Central bankers
Descendants of Buenaventura Báez
Dominican Republic economists
Dominican Republic people of Basque descent
Dominican Republic people of Spanish descent
People from Santo Domingo
White Dominicans