Federico Sturzenegger | |
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President of the Central Bank of Argentina | |
Assumed office 10 December 2015 |
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Vice President | Lucas Llach |
Preceded by | Alejandro Vanoli |
National Deputy of Argentina | |
In office 10 December 2013 – 10 December 2015 |
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Constituency | City of Buenos Aires |
Personal details | |
Born |
Federico Adolfo Sturzenegger February 11, 1966 Rufino, Argentina |
Nationality | Argentine |
Political party | PRO |
Alma mater |
National University of La Plata MIT |
Religion | Agnostic |
Website | Official website |
Federico Sturzenegger (b. Rufino, 11 February 1966) is currently the Chairman of the Central Bank of Argentina. Sturzenegger has a PhD in Economics in MIT and is a professor at Torcuato di Tella University. Previously he was a National Congressman for the conservative party PRO. Academically he co-introduced Dark Matter, a term referring to 'invisible' assets that explain the difference between official estimates of the current account and estimates based on the actual return net financial position. Throughout his academic career he has published close to fifty articles in refereed journals as well as eight books. Sturzenegger was investigated for crimes during his administration as a member of government in 2001, but was then discontinued by the Camara Federal
Federico Sturzenegger graduated in 1987 with an Economics degree from the National University of La Plata. He later obtained in 1991 his Ph.D. at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Between 1991 and 1994, Sturzenegger was an assistant professor of economics in the University of California, Los Angeles. He returned to Argentina in 1995 when José Estenssoro appointed him as Chief Economist of YPF.
In 1998, Sturzenegger left his position in YPF and became Dean in the Business School at Torcuato di Tella University until the year 2001. In 2001, he interrupted his academic profession and decided to participate in the public sector as Secretary of Political Economy in Argentina in the midst of an incoming economic crisis. In 2002, he returned to his previous occupation as Dean at Torcuato di Tella University until the year 2005.
Between 2005 and 2007, Sturzenegger was a visiting professor of public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. During the year 2005, he was selected as Young Global Leader in the World Economic Forum in Davos and in 2006 he was awarded the Konex Prize. In 2008. when Mauricio Macri, the mayor of the city of Buenos Aires, asked him to act as president of the Bank of the City of Buenos Aires he returned to Argentina. During his tenure, the bank made a big turnaround from losing 160 million Argentine pesos annualized during the six months previous to his appointment to becoming the most profitable state-owned firm in the country six years later with record profits of more than 1300 million Argentine pesos in 2013. His management of the bank became a Harvard case study.