The magazine Global Finance recognized Hector Valdez Albizu as one of the best central bank governors in the world, based on his high rating in the Central Banker Report Card 2025.
The publication evaluated the performance during the last year of the world’s central banks in areas such as control of inflationthe financial stability and political independence.
The distinction was delivered to the governor of Dominican Central Bank last Saturday, from the hands of Christopher Giarraputodirector of operations Global Financeduring a ceremony organized by the magazine in WashingtonUnited States, within the framework of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group.
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Valdez Albizu was awarded along with his counterparts “for having waged a battle against inflation in recent years, showing tangible progress, as well as for contributions to growth and economic stability,” said Giarraputo, director of the editorial board and founder of the magazine.
This is the third time in which the aforementioned international publication recognizes the Dominican official, after doing so in 2017 and 2024.
Giarraputo expressed that “the annual ratings of governors honor those leaders whose strategies surpassed those of their counterparts, thanks to their originality, creativity and tenacity“.
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Valdez Albizu was rated A-, with prominent governors also recognized as Jerome Powellfrom the United States; Christine Lagarde, from the European Union; Hassan Abdalla, from Egypt; Julio Velarde, from Peru; Rossana Costa, from Chile; Carlos Carvallo Spalding, from Paraguay, among others.
Global Finance it’s a publication founded in 1987which is distributed in 193 countries, with a upper circulation at 50,000 copies. It is headquartered in New York and has offices around the world, offering its financial and market analysis to senior business executives, financiers responsible for making strategic investment decisions of multinational companies and financial institutions.
To receive the recognitionthe governor Valdez Albizu was accompanied by Joel Tejeda Comprésdeputy manager of Monetary, Exchange and Financial Policies; Julio Andújar Scheker, economic advisor; Joel González Pantaleón, deputy manager of Monetary Programming and Economic Studies, and Frank Fuentes, representative of the Dominican Republic to the IMF.
