Pérsio Arida

Pérsio Arida (born March 1, 1952 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian economist and a former president of the Central Bank of Brazil.

Pérsio Arida
Arida at the Brazil's China Connection by Financial Times, in New York, October 2011
20th President of the Central Bank
In office 11 January 1995 – 13 June 1995
President	Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Preceded by	Gustavo Franco (acting)
Succeeded by	Gustavo Loyola
22nd President of the Brazilian Development Bank
In office September 1993 – January 1995
President	Itamar Franco
Preceded by	Luis Carlos Delben Leite
Succeeded by	Edmar Bacha
Personal details
Born	(1952-03-01) 1 March 1952 São Paulo, Brazil
Alma mater	University of São Paulo Massachusetts Institute of Technology

He has a bachelor's degree in Economics from University of São Paulo and a Ph.D in Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He has served the Brazilian government by taking part in the crafting of the Plano Real; more specifically, he was one of the creators of the Unidade Real de Valor, a non-monetary currency and the most sophisticated and theoretical piece of the Plano Real. In 1995, he served as the president of the Central Bank of Brazil and Special Secretary of Social-Economic Coordination, Ministry of Planning. In the private sector, he was a board member of Banco Itaú Holding Financeira S.A. and Banco Itaú S.A., board member of Sul-América S.A, director of Opportunity Asset Management Ltda., board member of Unibanco S.A. and special adviser for the presidency and director of Brasil Warrant Ltd. Since the 1970s, he has also worked as an economic and financial consultant.[1]

As of 2008, he is working as a member of the executive council of the Instituto Moreira Salles.[2]

He is also a member of the International Advisory Board at the Blavatnik School of Government (University of Oxford)[3] and a member of the Academic Board of Livres.

Personally, he is also a fan of classical music.

Selected publications

• Arida, Pérsio (1983), Social differentiation and economic theory, Texto para discussão (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Economia), no. 58., Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Economia, OCLC 13360329
• Arida, Pérsio (1984), Economic stabilization in Brazil, Working papers (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars., no. 149., Latin American Program, the Wilson Center, OCLC 13144128
• Arida, Pérsio (2005) [1992], Essays of Brazilian stabilization programs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, hdl:1721.1/13161, OCLC 283913814
• Gala, Paulo; Rego, José Márcio; Arida, Pérsio (2003), A história do pensamento econômico como teoria e retórica : ensaios sobre metodologia em economia, Editora 34, ISBN 978-85-7326-267-4

References

1. "A DAY IN THE DECLINE OF THE DOLLAR: RIO DE JANEIRO; The Central Banker - New York Times". Nytimes.com. 1995-04-24. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
2. "Economista do Ano 2008". Economistadoano.org.br. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
3. "Persio Arida | Blavatnik School of Government". www.bsg.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-22.

Government offices
Preceded by Luis Carlos Delben Leite	President of the Brazilian Development Bank 1993–1995	Succeeded by Edmar Bacha
Preceded by Gustavo Franco Acting	President of the Central Bank of Brazil 1995	Succeeded by Gustavo Loyola