Julio Suárez
| Julio Roberto Suárez Guerra | |
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| President of the Bank of Guatemala | |
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Assumed office 1 October 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Edgar Barquín |
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| Alma mater | Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala |
Julio Roberto Suárez Guerra is a Guatemalan banker. He serves as President of the country's central bank, the Bank of Guatemala since 1 October 2014.
Suárez obtained a degree from the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
From 2002 to 2005 Suárez worked for the Central American Bank for Economic Integration. Suárez also worked as the Guatemalan representative to the International Monetary Fund.
Suárez served as Vice President of the Bank of Guatemala from 2006 until his appointment as President. He succeeded Edgar Barquín.
On 20 May 2015 Suárez was arrested together with fifteen others on accusations of fraud, illegal charging of commissions, illicit association and influence peddling. Suárez himself was accused of fraud. The accusations were linked to the awarding of a contract to the Empresa Farmaceútica Pisa de Guatemala with services to the Guatemalan Social Security Institute, in which the accused were suspected of receiving kickbacks.
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