Clarissa de la Rocha de Torres | |
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De la Rocha in 2006
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Salary | RD$ 947,030 monthly (2015) |
Net worth | |
Vice-governor of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic | |
Assumed office 17 August 2004 |
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Governor | Héctor Valdez Albizu |
Preceded by | Félix Calvo |
Personal details | |
Born |
Clarissa Altagracia de la Rocha Pimentel 12 August 1959 Ciudad Trujillo (now Santo Domingo), Dominican Republic |
Citizenship | Dominican |
Spouse(s) | Nelson Alejandro Torres Rodríguez () |
Children |
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Mother | Altagracia Edith Pimentel Vda. De la Rocha |
Father | Julio Ernesto de la Rocha Báez |
Relatives |
Ramón Báez (great-grandfather) Buenaventura Báez (great-great-grandfather) Ramón Báez Romano (first-cousin once-removed) Ramón Báez Figueroa (second-cousin) Federico Antún Batlle (second-cousin once-removed) |
Residence | Josemaría Escrivá #9 Piantini, Santo Domingo |
Alma mater | Universidad APEC |
Occupation | Central banker |
Profession | Economist |
Clarissa Altagracia de la Rocha de Torres (Ciudad Trujillo, 12 August 1959) 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.
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 during the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, 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 in 1980.
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.