Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador

The Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador (Spanish: Banco Central de El Salvador) is the central bank of El Salvador, which controls the currency rate and regulates certain economic activities within El Salvador. The bank was originally privately owned, but was brought under state control through The Law of the Reorganization of Central Banking.

Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador
Banco Central de La reserva federal us de El Salvador
HeadquartersSan Salvador
Established1934 (1934)
Ownership100% state ownership[1]
PresidentNicolás Alfredo Martínez
Central bank ofEl Salvador
CurrencyUnited States dollar
USD (ISO 4217)
Reserves2 510 million USD[1]
Websitewww.bcr.gob.sv

The bank is active in developing financial inclusion policy and is a member of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion.[2] In 2013, the bank made a joint Maya Declaration Commitment[3] with the Superintendencia del Sistema Financiero of El Salvador to carry out a series of concrete and measurable actions.[4]

Presidents
  • Luis Alfaro Durán, 1934-1954[5]
  • Carlos J. Canessa, 1954-1961[5]
  • Manuel López Harrison, 1961[5]
  • Francisco Aquino, 1961-1966[5]
  • Guillermo Hidalgo Qüehl, 1966-1967[5]
  • Abelardo Torres, 1967[5]
  • Alfonso Moisés Beatriz, 1967-1971[5]
  • Edgardo Suárez Contreras, 1971-1975[5]
  • Guillermo Hidalgo Qüehl, 1975-1977[5]
  • Víctor Hugo Hurtarte, 1978-1979[5][6]
  • Pedro Abelardo Delgado, 1980-1981[5]
  • Alberto Benítez Bonilla, 1981-1987[5]
  • Maurice Choussy Rusconi, 1987-1988[5][6]
  • Mauricio Antonio Gallardo, 1988-1989[6]
  • Roberto Orellana Milla, 1989-1998[5]
  • Gino Rolando Bettaglio, 1998-1999[5]
  • Rafael Barraza, 1999-2002[5]
  • Luz María de Portillo, 2002-2009[5]
  • Carlos Gerardo Acevedo, 2009-2013[5]
  • Marta Evelyn de Rivera, 2013-2014[5]
  • Oscar Cabrera Melgar, 2014-2019[5]
  • Carlos Federico Paredes, 2019[5]
  • Nicolás Alfredo Martínez, 2019-[5]

See also

References
  1. https://d-nb.info/1138787981/34
  2. "AFI members". AFI Global. 2011-10-10. Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2013-10-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Maya Declaration : The AFI network commitment to financial inclusion Joint Commitment made by the Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador and the Superintendencia del Sistema Financiero" (PDF). Afi-global.org. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  5. https://www.bcr.gob.sv/esp/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=93&Itemid=237
  6. Central Banking Directory. Central Banking Publications. 18 April 1993. ISBN 9780951790311 – via Google Books.
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