Alfonso Prat Gay (born November 24, 1965) is an Argentine economist and politician. He was President of the Central Bank of Argentina from December 2002 to September 2004, and was elected Congressman for the Civic Coalition in the 2009 elections.
Prat Gay was born in Buenos Aires in 1965. He earned a degree in economics from the Universidad Católica Argentina in 1989, and obtained his Masters degree in 1994 at the University of Pennsylvania, wher...
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Alfonso Prat Gay (born November 24, 1965) is an Argentine economist and politician. He was President of the Central Bank of Argentina from December 2002 to September 2004, and was elected Congressman for the Civic Coalition in the 2009 elections.
Prat Gay was born in Buenos Aires in 1965. He earned a degree in economics from the Universidad Católica Argentina in 1989, and obtained his Masters degree in 1994 at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a PhD candidate.
In 1994, Prat Gay joined JPMorgan in New York and went on to work for the bank in its Buenos Aires and London branches until 2001. He co-founded APL Economía, an economic consulting firm.
In December 2002, Prat Gay was named President of the Central Bank of Argentina, at only 37 years of age, and served until September 24, 2004. He won the 2004 Euromoney Central Bank Governor of the Year award for his work. He completed his term and did not accept the offer from President Néstor Kirchner for another term of six years...
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