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Ecuadorian politician and economist
In this
Spanish name
, the first or paternal
surname
is
Salgado
and the second or maternal family name is
Tamayo
.
Wilma Josefina Salgado Tamayo
(born 20 October 1952) is an Ecuadorian politician and economist.
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Wilma Salgado was born on 20 October 1952 in
Quito
, capital of
Ecuador
. She acquired her
bachelor's degree
at the
Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador
,
master's degree
from the
Pantheon-Sorbonne University
in Paris, and finally her PhD from the
National Autonomous University of Mexico
. On returning to Ecuador, Salgado was hired to work in the
Central Bank of Ecuador
as a director of economic forecasts, and would in 1991 serve as an economic adviser to the president of the
Ecuadorian National Congress
. She would also work as a professor of economics at the
Andina Simon Bolivar University
[
es
]
and as an adviser to the Minister of Finance.
[1]
In March 2003, Salgado was appointed by President
Lucio Gutierrez
as manager of the Deposit Guarantee Agency (AGD).
[2]
As the manager of AGD, she ordered the seizure of goods from dozens of companies and individuals that owed money to the banks themselves bankrupted during the
financial crisis of 1999
,
[3]
one of whom was former President of the National Congress
Juan Jose Pons
[
es
]
, who had a house seized.
[4]
Pons filed a lawsuit against Salgado, accusing her of
perverting the course of justice
, but Salgado was acquitted of the charges.
[5]
She was
Minister of Finance
in 2008.
[6]
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