Javier Silva Ruete, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Javier Silva Ruete

politician and economist

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1935

Place of Birth: Piura, Peru

Date of Death: 21-Sep-2012

Profession: politician, economist, banker

Nationality: Peru

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Javier Silva Ruete

  • Javier Edilberto Silva Ruete (September 17, 1935 – September 21, 2012) was a Peruvian politician, lawyer and economist.Silva Ruete was the son of Max Silva Velásquez, a notable physician from Piura, and Raquel Ruete de Silva.
  • He studied at the Colegio Salesianos and the Colegio San Miguel in Piura.
  • Silva Ruete studied Economy and Law at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.
  • He later obtained postgraduate degrees from Uruguay, Italy, France and the United States.
  • He worked at the Peruvian Central Reserve Bank and Banco de Fomento Agropecuario.Silva Ruete served as Minister of Agriculture in the First Presidency of Fernando Belaúnde (1965 and 1967).
  • When he was appointed he was the youngest Minister of Agriculture in the history of the country.
  • At the time he belonged to the Christian Democrat Party (PDC).
  • He later served as Minister of Economy and Finances in the cabinets of Francisco Morales Bermúdez (1978-1980), Valentín Paniagua (2000) and Alejandro Toledo (2002).
  • During his years as minister in the Morales Bermúdez government he implemented neoliberal policies in accord with the International Monetary Fund.
  • He served as director of the Peruvian Central Reserve Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB).
  • He held different posts in FAO, World Bank and Corporación Andina de Fomento.
  • He was also a board member of different private companies.In 1984 he founded the political party Solidarity and Democracy (SODE) together with Manuel Moreyra and Aurelio Loret de Mola.
  • He contested the 1985 election as a SODE candidate on the APRA list, winning a seat in the Senate.
  • He obtained 116,478 preferential votes.Silva Ruete died of cancer, at the age of 77.

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