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Alfonso Prat-Gay (born November 24, 1965) is an Argentine economist and politician. He was President of the Central Bank of Argentina from December 2002 to September 2004, and was elected Congressman for the Civic Coalition in the 2009 elections. Following the election of Mauricio Macri to the presidency on November 22, 2015, it was announced on November 25, 2015 that Prat-Gay has been nominated the Minister of Economy of the Nation, who would head what is now known as the Ministry of Revenue and Finance. ==Career== Prat-Gay was born in Buenos Aires in 1965. He earned a degree in economics from the Universidad Católica Argentina in 1989, and obtained his master's degree in 1994 at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a PhD candidate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alfonso de Prat-Gay: "La teoría del derrame no funcionó ni en los 90 ni ahora" )〕 In 1994, Prat-Gay joined JPMorgan in New York and went on to work for the bank in its Buenos Aires and London branches until 2001. He co-founded APL Economía, an economic consulting firm. In December 2002, Prat-Gay was named President of the Central Bank of Argentina, at only 37 years of age, and served until September 24, 2004.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Argentina names new bank chief )〕 He won the 2004 ''Euromoney'' Central Bank Governor of the Year award for his work for having reduced the inflation from 40% to 5% while maintaining an economic growth of 8%.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Central Bank Governor of the Year 2004: Argentina ditches its respected central bank governor on eve of crucial bond exchange )〕 He completed his term and rejected President Néstor Kirchner's offer to renew his charge for another term of six years, due to disagreements with the president on the independence of the Central Bank, anti-inflationary policies, and on negotiations on defaulted bonds. He joined the Civic Coalition, led at the time by Elisa Carrió, and was named as Carrió's choice for Economy Minister had she won the 2007 presidential election.〔 Prat-Gay led the Civic Coalition's party list for the city of Buenos Aires in the 2009 congressional elections, and was handily elected.〔(Prat-Gay encabezará la lista de la CC en Capital ), ''Página/12'', 26 March 2009.〕 As a Congressman, he worked on projects such as increasing banking security, preventing money laundering and drug trafficking, and an extensive deregulation of the Argentine financial system. He is the main voice of the opposition in Congresson economic issues. He was named head of the Civic Coalition caucus in the Lower House following Elisa Carrió's poor showing in the 2011 presidential election. Prat-Gay is Chairman of Tilton Capital, an asset management company he co-founded in 2005 with Pedro Lacoste.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Los oscuros negocios de Prat-Gay con el millonario patrimonio de Amalita )〕 He is president of ''Fundación Andares para el desarrollo de las Microfinanzas'' ("Paths toward the Development for Microfinancing").〔(IADB: Alfonso Prat-Gay )〕 His clients at Tilton Capital included the late María Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat, former chairperson of Argentina's largest concrete manufacturer, Loma Negra. Prat-Gay's work for Mrs. Fortabat came under scrutiny after revelations that Tilton Capital facilitated tax evasion and capital flight for Fortabat and other clients, including the entirety of Mrs. Fortabat's billion-dollar payout for her sale of Loma Negra in 2005.〔 The vice president of JP Morgan Argentina at the time, Hernán Arbizu, declared that Prat-Gay managed much of this wealth in a offshore hedge fund of his creation with put options against the Argentine peso.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Arbizu denunció negocios de Prat Gay con Fortabat )〕 He was appointed executor of the Lacroze de Fortabat estate following Mrs. Fortabat's death in 2012.〔 Prat-Gay co-founded the ''Juntos UNEN'' ('Together They Unite') alliance with centrist UCR Congressional caucus leader Ricardo Gil Lavedra, and Victoria Donda of the leftist Freemen of the South Movement in January 2013. He declared his candidacy in July for a seat in the Argentine Senate ahead of the 2013 mid-term elections.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Prat Gay, Gil Lavedra, Donda y Tumini lanzaron su lista porteña )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alfonso Prat-Gay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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