Sergia Elena de Séliman explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Sergia Elena de Séliman
Birth Name:Sergia Elena Mejía de Peña
Office:Member of the
Monetary Board of the Dominican Republic
President:Héctor Valdez Albizu
Term Start:19 November 2020
Constituency Mp2:the Dominican Republic
Parliament2:Central American
Term Start2:16 August 2016
Term End2:10 November 2020
Lieutenant2:Carlos Juan Séliman
Birth Date:1 October 1963
Birth Place:Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Party:Social Christian Reformist Party
Spouse:Juan Luis Séliman Haza
Children:3, including Carlos Juan Séliman (b. 1989)
Residence:
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Blank1:Ethnicity
Data1:White Dominican
Blank2:Net worth

Sergia Elena de Séliman (née Mejía de Peña; born 1 October 1963) is a politician from the Dominican Republic. Since 19 November 2020 Séliman is a member of the Monetary Board of the Dominican Republic, the entity that oversees the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic and the Superintendency of Banks.[1]

Biography

Séliman was elected in 2016 as a Dominican Republic deputy to the Central American Parliament, while her son Carlos Juan Séliman was her runningmate as vice-deputy.[2] Previously she ran unsuccessfully to deputy for the National District in 2010 and vice-mayor of Santo Domingo in 2006.[3] She also ran in the 2020 Dominican presidential elections as the runningmate of former President and Social Christian Reformist Party’s presidential candidate Leonel Fernández.[4]

On November 16, 2020, President Luis Abinader appointed her as a member of the Monetary Board.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Juramentados nuevos miembros de la Junta Monetaria . Acento . 2020-11-19 . 2022-06-11 . Spanish.
  2. News: Sergia Elena denuncia JCE quiere despojar al PRSC de tercer lugar para beneficiar al PRD. 10 September 2016. El Nacional. 19 June 2016. Santo Domingo. es.
  3. News: Sergia Elena de Seliman anuncia candidatura a diputada. 10 September 2016. Diario Libre. 8 July 2009. Santo Domingo. es.
  4. Web site: Sergia Elena, de atacar a Leonel a ser su candidata vicepresidencial. 11 March 2020.
  5. Web site: Abinader nombra a Sergia Elena Mejía y Julio César Llibre como miembros de la Junta Monetaria. 17 November 2020.