Bernardo Vega Explained

Bernardo Vega

Birth Name:

Julio Bernardo Vega de Boyrie

Birth Date:

23 February 1938

Birth Place:

Mother:

Teresa de Boyrie y Moya

Father:

Spouse:

Children:

Relations:

Amelia Vega (second cousin-once removed)

Nationality:

Dominican

Occupation:

Academic, politician

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Term Start:	1 August 2013
Term End:	13 July 2016
Successor:	Mu-Kien Adriana Sang
Office2:	Dominican Ambassador to Washington, D.C.^[1]
Term Start2:	appointed accredited
Successor2:	Roberto Bernardo Saladín Selín
Term Start3:	August 1982
Term End3:	May 1984
Successor3:	José E. Santos Taveras

Julio Bernardo Vega de Boyrie (born February 23, 1938), most known as Bernardo Vega, is a Dominican academic and politician.^[2] ^[3]

Early life

Bernardo Vega was born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic on February 23, 1938. He is the son of Dominican writer Julio Vega Batlle and María Teresa de Boyrie de Moya. He completed his primary education in Santiago de los Caballeros and later earned a Degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, United States in 1959.

Vega has also held many important public offices, including: Member of the Central Bank's Monetary Board (1975-1981), Director of the Museum of Dominican Man (1978-1982), Governor of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (1982-1984) and Ambassador to Washington (1996 -1998). He taught economics at the Pontifical Catholic University Mother and Teacher and the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo. Vega has won the National History Award four times (1986, 1989, 1990, 1991).

Book: Bernardo Vega. Dominican Cultures: The Making of a Caribbean Society. 2007. Markus Wiener Publishers. 978-1-55876-434-7.