Alfonso Prat-Gay
Alfonso Prat-Gay (born 24 November 1965) is an Argentine economist and politician. Following the election of Mauricio Macri to the presidency on 2015, he became Minister of Economy.
Alfonso Prat-Gay | |
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| Minister of the Treasury and Public Finances of Argentina | |
| In office 10 December 2015 – 2 January 2017 | |
| President | Mauricio Macri |
| Preceded by | Axel Kicillof |
| Succeeded by | Luis Caputo (Finance) Nicolás Dujovne (Treasury) |
| President of the Central Bank | |
| In office 11 December 2002 – 24 September 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Aldo Pignanelli |
| Succeeded by | Martín Redrado |
| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 2009 – 10 December 2013 | |
| Constituency | City of Buenos Aires |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 November 1965 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Political party | Civic Coalition ARI (2009-2013) Radical Civic Union (2015–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Cambiemos (2015–present) Broad Front UNEN (2013) Social and Civic Agreement (2009–2013) |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina University of Pennsylvania |
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He was also President of the Central Bank of Argentina from December 2002 to September 2004, and was elected National Deputy for the Civic Coalition in the 2009 elections.
A decade later, as Minister of Economy in the Macri administration, he lifted 4-year-old capital controls on the Argentine currency, a mere 6 days after taking office.
His work earned him Euromoney's Central Bank Governor of the Year award. Prat-Gay is also a member of Washington D.C. based think tank, The Inter-American Dialogue.
He is considered an orthodox liberal who has a good image in the markets and fluent contacts abroad. However, Prat-Gay has been a political ally to leftist Victoria Donda and some economists like Javier Milei consider him to be a socialist or a socialdemocrat.