The Dominican economist and engineer died at 84 Guillermo Caram, Former Central Bank Governor of the Dominican Republic, his family reported Thursday in a statement.
His remains will be veiled today, from 6:00 in the afternoon, at the Blandino funeral home of Abraham Lincoln Avenue, and tomorrow, Friday, September 26 will receive funeral honors, leaving for the Cristo Redentor cemetery at 1:00 in the afternoon.
Caram was born on January 28, 1941 in San Pedro de Macorís, son of Pedro Caram Risi and Altagracia Herrera Khourie, descendants of Lebanese immigrants. He graduated from Civil Engineer in 1961 at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) And later he obtained a Master in Planning Scholarship by the OAS at the Lima Planning Institute, with advice from Yale University.
In the political sphere he was founder in 1961 of the Christian Social Revolutionary Party (PRSCI)becoming executive secretary, of organization and vice president. In 1968 he was elected councilor of the National District and presided over the Public Works and Planning Commission.
He aspired to the presidential nomination in 1977 and later occupied important state positions: Technical Secretary of the Presidency (1986), Secretary of Finance (1989) and later Governor of the Central Bank.
He also served as ambassador and economic advisor of the Foreign Ministry in 1996, as well as consultant of the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate and the Dominican Municipal League.
His career included a wide academic work, being a professor at the UASD, PUCMM, UNPHU, APEC and Dominican Journalism Institutein addition to articist in media such as Daily Listín, The Caribbean, The New Diario and Todaywhere he maintained a Sunday column. He was vice president of the APEC University, founder of the UCE Advisory Council and president of the INC Educational Credit Foundation.
In the private sector he founded consulting firms as Projectionist technicians and SERVICONSULT SAadvising national and international institutions. He also actively participated in regional planning organizations and development programs, both in the country and abroad.
Until his last years he remained a reference for the Christian Social Reform Party (PRSC).
