Sergia Elena de Séliman

The Honourable Sergia Elena de Séliman
Sergia Elena de Séliman, 2019
Member of the Monetary Board of the Dominican Republic
Incumbent
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 (1963-10-01) 1 October 1963 (age 61) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Political party	Social Christian Reformist Party
Spouse	Juan Luis Séliman Haza
Children	3, including Carlos Juan Séliman (b. 1989)
Residence(s)	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Ethnicity	White Dominican
Website	Sergia Elena de Séliman on Facebook

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]

References

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