- Fakhruddin Ahmed
Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed is a noted Bangladeshi economist, civil servant, and a former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank. He was appointed as Chief Advisor (i.e., head) of the non-party interim caretaker government of Bangladesh on 12 January, 2007, amidst chaos in Bangladeshi politics.
- Guillermo Ortiz
Guillermo Ortiz Martínez is the current governor of the Bank of Mexico, Mexico's central bank. Ortiz Martínez is the son of Gen. Leopoldo Ortiz Sevilla and Graciela Martínez Ostos and received a B.A. in Economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and both a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University in the United States. He joined the public service in 1971 and has been Mexico's ambassador to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- John B. Taylor
John B. Taylor (born December 8, 1946) is an economics professor at Stanford University. Born in Yonkers, New York, he earned his A.B. from Princeton University in 1968 and Ph.D. from Stanford in 1973, both in economics. He taught at Columbia University from 1973-1980 and the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton from 1980-1984 before returning to Stanford. He has received several teaching prizes and used to teach Stanford's introductory economics course.
- Henry C.K. Liu
Henry C.K. Liu is an independent commentator on culture, economics and politics. He was born in Hong Kong and educated at Harvard University in architecture and urban design. Liu developed an interest in economics and international relations while working as a professor at UCLA, Harvard and Columbia University on interdisciplinary work on urban and regional development.
- Timothy F. Geithner
Timothy F. Geithner became the ninth president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on November 17, 2003. In that capacity, he serves as the vice chairman and a permane... ... Before joining the Treasury, Mr. Geithner worked for Kissinger Associates, Inc.
- Goh Chok Tong
Goh Chok Tong, was the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore from November 28 1990 to August 12 2004, succeeding Lee Kuan Yew. He served a total of fourteen years. He is currently Senior Minister of Singapore and the chairman of the central bank of Singapore, the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
- Nor Mohamed Yakcop
Nor Mohamed Yakcop is currently the Second Finance Minister of Malaysia, a post he has held since 2004; the First Finance Minister is Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Action Council. In 2002 he was appointed the director of Khazanah Nasional. As a Special Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister he plays a major role on companies like United Malaysia Berhad and MAS airlines.
- Ishrat Husain
Ishrat Husain was the 13th Governor of State Bank of Pakistan, Pakistan's Central bank. He assumed the office on 2 December 1999, and retired on 1 December 2005 after six years of service.
- Felisa Miceli
Felisa Miceli is an Argentine economist, and a former Minister of Economy and Production of Argentina. She was appointed by President Néstor Kirchner on November 28, 2005, in place of Roberto Lavagna, and was the first woman ever to lead that ministry. She resigned to the position on July 16, 2007, as prosecutors stepped up an investigation into a bag of cash found in her ministry offices.. Miceli was a student of Lavagna's at the University of Buenos Aires.
- Y. Venugopal Reddy
Yaga Venugopal Reddy (b. 17 August 1941 in Andhra Pradesh) is the current Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) (India's central bank). He took over from Bimal Jalan on 6 September 2003. Reddy is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1964 batch. Prior to joining the IAS, he worked as a lecturer from 1961. He holds a Ph.D. from Osmania University, Hyderabad, and was a visiting faculty at the Osmania University and the London School of Economics.
- Bernard Lietaer
Bernard Lietaer Bernard Lietaer has for over thirty years, existed in two seemingly contridicting worlds. He has served as a central banker for Belgium, the general manager of the most successful offshore currency fund, senior consultant to both multinational corporations and developing countries, professor of international finance at the University of Louvain, in Belgium, and President of the most cost-effective and comprehensive electronic payment system in the world.
- Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz
Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz (born November 4, 1952 in Warsaw) is a Polish liberal-conservative politician and since December 22006 the President of Warsaw. She is the first woman to ever hold this position. Between 1992 and 2000 she was the Chairman of the National Bank of Poland, the central bank of Poland. Resigned to take a position of the Deputy Chairman of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, a position she held between 2001 and 2004.
- Miguel de la Madrid
Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado was President of Mexico, representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), from 1982 to 1988. De la Madrid studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and Public Administration at Harvard University in the United States. He worked for Mexico's central bank and taught law at the UNAM before securing a position at the treasury in 1965. Between 1970 and 1972 he was employed by Pemex, …
- Xiao Gang
Xiao Gang is currently chairman of the board of directors of Bank of China Limited and Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited. From 1998 to his appointment to his current (as of 2005) position in 2003, he was a deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, the central bank of the People's Republic of China.
- Héctor Valdez Albizu
Héctor Valdez Albizu is the current Governor of the Banco Central de la República Dominicana (central bank of the Dominican Republic), a position he has held since August 31, 1994. He is also a well known economist and author of numerous works relating to economics.
- Jelle Zijlstra
Jelle Zijlstra (August 27, 1918-December 23, 2001) was a Dutch politician of the Protestant ARP party. He was cabinet minister of Economic Affairs in the years 1952-1963 in four consecutive administrations, in different coalitions.<br> From 1963 until 1966 he was a senator and professor of public finance at the Free University of Amsterdam. He was prime minister of the Netherlands of an interim administration from 1966 until 1967, …
- Vadym Hetman
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- Miguel Gustavo Peirano
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- Bagrat Asatryan
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- Adolfo Diz
Adolfo César Diz is an Argentine economist, former President of the Central Bank of Argentina from 2 April 1976 until 27 March 1981. Mr. Diz holds a bachelor in Economics from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. He went to study at the University of Chicago where he earned his master in 1957 and a PhD in Economics in 1966, being a pupil of Milton Friedman. Between 1967 and 1968 he was an Executive Director in the International Monetary Fund.
- Pierre Pay-Pay Wa Syakasighe
Pierre Pay-Pay wa Syakasighe (born 10 July 1946) is a politician from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, best known as a former governor of the central bank, the Banque Centrale du Congo from 1985 to 1991. He served in various governmental positions during the 1980s and 1990s before going into exile in 1997. Upon returning to the country in 2002, he was appointed to the transitional National Assembly representing the unarmed political opposition.
- Ali Reza Nobari
Ali Reza Nobari (born October 25, 1947, Tehran, Iran) is the former Governor of the central bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Bank Markazi Iran). He was first appointed in 1979 (2.8.1358 in the Iranian calendar), at the age of 32 during the administration of Abolhassan Banisadr.
- Rodrigo Carazo Odio
Rodrigo José Ramón Francisco de Jesús Carazo Odio served as President of Costa Rica from 8 May 1978 to 8 May 1982. Before serving as president, Carazo was the central bank's Director and General Manager for RECOPE (Costa Rica's nationalized oil refinery business). During his term he founded the University for Peace, an institution focused and dedicated on the study and promotion of world peace.
- Elias Saleeby
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- George W. Crawford
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- Väinö Auer
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- Juan Pedro Julián Aguirre Y López de Anaya
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- Ian MacFarlane
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- Zeti Akhtar Aziz
Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz was appointed Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia in May 2000. She has been with the Central Bank since 1985, in a career spanning several senior positions in the Bank in the areas of monetary and financial policies and reserve management.
- Dat Le
Hey I'm Dat, I 16 years young and I'm a junior at Woburn High. I like sports even though I'm not that great at any of them...probably because of my Asian backround. Hanging out with my friends is always a good time, Music is pretty cool, working on computers is fun. If you wanna know anything else get at me DLe82990.
- Amy Morgan
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- Sean Newell
I'm just a simple guy tryin to make it in this world.
- Kristen
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- Tim
I'm currently attending the University of Kentucky and should be graduating soon. Things I like are Country Music, Deer Huntin, and Bass Fishin. Things I don't like is Laziness, Liars, Cheaters, and Circus Clowns. I date Heather. We've been together awhile and it goes good. My bench press is 300+.
- Thor
Few people may know this... but I have a fascination with the female form.
- Kim Eiken
lets see... im me. thats all i can really say. i have the best friends in the entire world and i dont know what i would do without them. i also have the best family. but most importantly i have Ben. he is my soulmate. I have been in some pretty shitty relationships, one which lasted three years and wont seem to leave me alone, and after those ended i was afraid to get into another one because i was afraid of getting hurt.
- Joseph Kinyua
Joseph Kinyua Non-Executive Director Mr. Kinyua aged 53, is the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance. He is a career economist having served in various capacities in the Treasury and Central Bank. He has also been involved in several projects with the International Monetary Fund both within Kenya and abroad. He holds MA and BA degrees in Economics (UoN)
- Shana Mayer
I think I'm pretty easy going. I've spent the majority of my life in J-town and love it here. Nothing makes me happier than being outside on a hot summer day and spending time with my amazing boyfriend, Luke. All of my family and friends are awesome, especially my little sister. I'm the biggest lightweight you will ever meet, I guess that makes for a cheap date but it is still a little embarassing. I also have a slight shoe fettish, but I'm working on it.
- Lance
I love *ALL* my children and Cindy!
- Anna Harvey
I am 22 years old and I am married and thats about all I can say...