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Clarissa de la Rocha de Torres

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Clarissa de la Rocha de Torres
De la Rocha in 2006
Vice-governor of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic
Assumed office
17 August 2004
GovernorHéctor Valdez Albizu
Preceded byFélix Calvo
Personal details
Born
Clarissa Altagracia de la Rocha Pimentel

(1959-08-12) 12 August 1959 (age 65)
Ciudad Trujillo (now Santo Domingo), Dominican Republic
CitizenshipDominican
SpouseNelson Alejandro Torres Rodríguez
ChildrenMaría Eugenia
José Alejandro
Natalia
Parents
  • Julio Ernesto de la Rocha Báez (father)
  • Altagracia Edith Pimentel Vda. De la Rocha (mother)
RelativesRamón 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(s)Josemaría Escrivá #9
Piantini, Santo Domingo[1]
Alma materUniversidad APEC
OccupationBanker
ProfessionEconomist

Clarissa Altagracia de la Rocha de Torres (née de la Rocha Pimentel; born 12 August 1959, Ciudad Trujillo) 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.

Early life and family

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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[A] and Mercedes Báez Soler[B]), who served as Minister of the Treasury during the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo,[4] and Altagracia Edith Pimentel.[1] She married engineer Nelson Torres Rodríguez and had three children.[5]

De la Rocha de Torres graduated as Bachelor of Business Administration from Universidad APEC in 1980.[5]

Career

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De Torres joined the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic in 1978 as Assistant to the Foreign Exchange Department.[6] De Torres was appointed on 17 August 2004 as vice-chairperson of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic.[5][1]

Notes

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  1. ^ Julio de la Rocha Carmona was son of Julián de la Rocha Cubelgé and María del Rosario Carmona Negrete.[2]
  2. ^ Mercedes Báez Soler was the daughter of President Ramón Báez Machado and socialité Natalia Soler Machado.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Declaración Jurada de Bienes de Funcionario Público: Clarissa Altagracia de la Rocha de Torres" (PDF). bancentral.gov.do (in Spanish). 4 September 2012. Exchange rate: 39.1348 per USD. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  2. ^ Larrazábal Blanco, Carlos; Familias Dominicanas (II). Academia Dominicana de la Historia. Editora del Caribe: Santo Domingo, 1969. Page 82.
  3. ^ Larrazábal Blanco, Carlos; Familias Dominicanas (I). Academia Dominicana de la Historia. Editora del Caribe: Santo Domingo, 1967. Page 219.
  4. ^ Rodríguez Demorizi, Emilio (1955). "11: Año 1953". Cronología de la Era de Trujillo (in Spanish). Vol. 2. Ciudad Trujillo: Impresora Dominicana. p. 192. Retrieved 15 July 2016. OCTUBRE3.-El Vicepresidente de la Corporation de Hoteles Americanos, Stuart I. Hokembury,declara en Nueva York: "La República Dominicana ofrece grandes atracciones al turismo norteamericano, gracias a la administración integral del Generalísimo Trujillo y a la del Presidente actual, General Héctor B. Trujillo Molina". Lic. Julio E. de la Rocha Báez, Secretario de E. del Tesoro y Crédito Público, y S. Salvador Ortiz, Secretario sin Cartera.
  5. ^ a b c "Clarissa de la Rocha de Torres: Vicegobernadora" (in Spanish). Banco Central de la República Dominicana. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Clarissa de la Rocha de Torres: Executive Profile and Biography". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.