Sergia Elena de Séliman
Sergia Elena de Séliman | |
|---|---|
 Sergia Elena de Séliman, 2019 | |
| Member of the Monetary Board of the Dominican Republic | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2020 | |
| President | Héctor Valdez Albizu |
| Member of the Central American Parliament for the Dominican Republic | |
| In office 16 August 2016 – 10 November 2020 | |
| Lieutenant | Carlos Juan Séliman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sergia Elena Mejía de Peña 1 October 1963 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Political party | Social Christian Reformist Party |
| Spouse | Juan Luis Séliman Haza |
| Children | 3, including Carlos Juan Séliman (b. 1989) |
| Residence(s) | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Ethnicity | White Dominican |
| Website | Sergia Elena de Séliman on Facebook |
Sergia Elena de Séliman (née Mejía de Peña; born 1 October 1963) is a politician from the Dominican Republic. Since 19 November 2020 Séliman is a member of the Monetary Board of the Dominican Republic, the entity that oversees the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic and the Superintendency of Banks.[1]
Biography
[edit]Séliman was elected in 2016 as a Dominican Republic deputy to the Central American Parliament, while her son Carlos Juan Séliman was her runningmate as vice-deputy.[2] Previously she ran unsuccessfully to deputy for the National District in 2010 and vice-mayor of Santo Domingo in 2006.[3] She also ran in the 2020 Dominican presidential elections as the runningmate of former President and Social Christian Reformist Party’s presidential candidate Leonel Fernández.[4]
On November 16, 2020, President Luis Abinader appointed her as a member of the Monetary Board.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Juramentados nuevos miembros de la Junta Monetaria" (in Spanish). Acento. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Sergia Elena denuncia JCE quiere despojar al PRSC de tercer lugar para beneficiar al PRD" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: El Nacional. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "Sergia Elena de Seliman anuncia candidatura a diputada" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Diario Libre. 8 July 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "Sergia Elena, de atacar a Leonel a ser su candidata vicepresidencial". 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Abinader nombra a Sergia Elena Mejía y Julio César Llibre como miembros de la Junta Monetaria". 17 November 2020.
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