Central Bank of Brazil
The Central Bank of Brazil is Brazil's central bank. It was established on December 31, 1964.
The Central Bank is linked with the Ministry of the Economy. Like other central banks, the Brazilian central bank is the principal monetary authority of the country. It received this authority when it was founded by three different institutions: the , the Bank of Brazil, and the.
One of the main instruments of Brazil's monetary policy is the Banco Central do Brasil's overnight rate, called the SELIC rate. It is managed by Monetary Policy Committee of the bank.
The bank is active in promoting financial inclusion policy and is a leading member of the . It is also one of the original 17 regulatory institutions to make specific national commitments to financial inclusion under the Maya Declaration. during the 2011 Global Policy Forum in Mexico.Presidents
The most recent presidents of the bank have been:
- Dênio Chagas Nogueira: 12 April 1965 - 21 March 1967
- Rui Aguiar da Silva Leme: 31 March 1967 - 12 February 1968
- Ary Burguer: 8 February 1968 - 20 February 1968
- Ernane Galvêas: 21 February 1968 - 15 March 1974
- Paulo Hortêncio Pereira Lira: 15 March 1974 - 14 March 1979
- Carlos Brandão: 15 March 1979 - 17 August 1979
- Ernane Galvêas: 17 August 1979 - 18 January 1980
- Carlos Geraldo Langoni: 18 January 1980 - 5 September 1983
- Affonso Celso Pastore: 5 September 1983 - 14 March 1985
- Antônio Carlos Lemgruber: 15 March 1985 - 28 August 1985
- Fernão Carlos Botelho Bracher: 28 August 1985 - 11 February 1987
- Francisco Gros: 11 February 1987 - 30 April 1987
- Lycio de Faria: 30 April 1987 - 4 May 1987
- Fernando Milliet: 5 May 1987 - 9 March 1988
- Elmo de Araújo Camões: 9 March 1988 - 22 June 1989
- Vadico Valdir Bucchi: 23 June 1989 - 14 March 1990
- Ibrahim Eris: 15 March 1990 - 17 May 1991
- Francisco Gros: 17 May 1991 - 16 November 1992
- Gustavo Loyola: 13 November 1992 - 29 March 1993
- Paulo César Ximenes: 26 March 19939 September 1993
- Pedro Malan: 9 September 199331 December 1994
- Gustavo Franco: 31 December 199411 January 1995
- Pérsio Arida: 11 January 199513 June 1995
- Gustavo Jorge Laboissière Loyola: 13 June 199520 August 1997
- Gustavo Franco: 20 August 19974 March 1999
- Arminio Fraga: 4 March 19991 January 2003
- Henrique Meirelles: 1 January 200331 December 2010
- Alexandre Tombini: 1 January 20119 June 2016
- Ilan Goldfajn: 9 June 201628 February 2019
- Roberto Campos Neto: 28 February 2019 - present
