Martin Redrado: The governor who survived in Argentina

Martin Redrado has laboured hard since 2004 to restore and sustain the country’s financial stability in the face of global meltdown and difficult government policies. The central bank governor speaks to Jason Mitchell in Buenos Aires about the challenges he faces and his ambitions for the economy.

“There’s no previous professional experience that prepares you to be a central banker. Six years running the Argentine central bank is the equivalent of Alan Greenspan’s 18 years at the Fed”

Martin Redrado

Martin Redrado: governor of the Banco Central de la República Argentina

MARTIN REDRADO’S BIGGEST achievement as governor of the Banco Central de la República Argentina is perhaps his having held the position for so long. If he completes his term in September 2010 he will have been the longest-serving governor since the first one was appointed in 1935.

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