Sergia Elena de Séliman
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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]
1 October 1963
Sergia Elena de Séliman | |
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Sergia Elena de Séliman, 2019 | |
| Member of the Monetary Board of the Dominican Republic | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2020 | |
| President | Héctor Valdez Albizu |
| Member of the Central American Parliament for the Dominican Republic | |
| In office 16 August 2016 – 10 November 2020 | |
| Lieutenant | Carlos Juan Séliman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sergia Elena Mejía de Peña 1 October 1963 |
| Party | Social Christian Reformist Party |
| Spouse | Juan Luis Séliman Haza |
| Children | 3, including Carlos Juan Séliman (b. 1989) |
Ethnicity | White Dominican |
| Website | Sergia Elena de Séliman on Facebook |
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]
