Roberto Campos Neto
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28 June 1969
Roberto Campos Neto | |
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.jpg) Campos in 2019 | |
| President of the Central Bank of Brazil | |
| In office 28 February 2019 – 31 December 2024 | |
| Nominated by | Jair Bolsonaro |
| Preceded by | Ilan Goldfajn |
| Succeeded by | Gabriel Galípolo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Roberto de Oliveira Campos Neto 28 June 1969 |
| Relatives | Roberto Campos (grandfather) |
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Roberto de Oliveira Campos Neto (born 28 June 1969) is a Brazilian economist and former executive of Banco Santander. He served as the president of the Central Bank of Brazil until 31 December 2024. He is the grandson of Brazilian politician Roberto Campos, who was minister of planning during the Brazilian military dictatorship.[1]
On 15 November 2018, Campos was announced as the future President of the Central Bank of Brazil in the administration of Jair Bolsonaro.[2] As a Central Banker, Campos was featured in the Pandora Papers, a journalistic leak that exposed secret offshore accounts and he faced calls to resign.[3]
Campos was born in 1969. His grandfather Roberto de Oliveira Campos was a planning minister in the tenure of President Castelo Branco, and previously helped to create the Brazilian Development Bank.[2][4]
Campos studied economics and finance at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), from which he received a bachelor's degree.[5] He holds two master's degrees, one in economics from UCLA and the other in applied mathematics from Caltech.[6]
