Gabriela Nunez
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Gabriela Núñez de Reyes was the Minister of Finance of Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...

 under the interim government of Roberto Micheletti
Roberto Micheletti
Roberto Micheletti Baín is a former de facto president of Honduras who served as a result of the 2009 coup d'état. The Honduran military was ordered by the Supreme Court to forcefully detain President Manuel Zelaya once the Court stated he was violating the Honduran constitution; Zelaya was exiled...

. She had previously been Minister of Finance from 1998 to 2002, under the government of Carlos Flores
Carlos Roberto Flores
Carlos Roberto Flores Facussé was President of Honduras from 27 January 1998 to 27 January 2002 and President of the National Congress from 25 January 1994 to 25 January 1998.- Biography :...

 and President of the Central Bank during 2006-2007.

In the private sector she was Vice-President of Banco Atlántida and was a member of the board of directors of the Asociación de Instituciones Bancarias of Honduras. She is a member of Inter-American Dialogue
Inter-American Dialogue
The Inter-American Dialogue is a U.S. based think tank for policy analysis, exchange, and communication on issues in Western Hemisphere affairs...

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Background

Nuñez holds a 1984 Degree in Economics from Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras and received a Fulbright scholarship for her Master in International Economics at the University of New York at Albany in 1989.

Career

From 1985 to 1994 Nuñez was a Financial Analyst at the Central Bank of Honduras
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The Central Bank of Honduras is the central bank of Honduras. The current president is Maria Elena Mondragón.On June 24, 2009, surveillance cameras captured how about $2 million in cash was withdrawn from the Central Bank and driven to the office of Enrique Flores Lanza, Manuel Zelaya's chief of...

, and from 1993 to 1995, Technical Secretary of the Economic Cabinet, UDAPE.

From 1995 to 1996, Nuñez was Undersecretary of Finance, and from 1996 to 1998, Honduras' Representative of the Executive Board, at the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB
IADB
IADB may refer to:* Inter-American Development Bank, an international organization to support Latin American and Caribbean economic and social development and regional integration...

),and Governor to IADB, International Monetary Fund
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 and World Bank
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.

From 1998 to 2002 she was Honduras' Minister of Finance, during which period she was particularly known for playing an important role in managing the country's external debt in having Honduras successfully being included in the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries is a group of 40 developing countries with high levels of poverty and debt overhang which are eligible for special assistance from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.- History and structure :...

 Initiative. In 1999, CNN/Time placed her among 50 Latin American Leaders for the New Millennium. The World Economic Forum
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awarded her the recognition of Global Leaders for Tomorrow.

in July 2009, Nuñez accepted the responsibility of acting as Minister of Finance

She holds a very active leadership in her Liberal Party. In 2005, she ran as Presidential Candidate during primary elections.
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