Javier Silva Ruete

Javier Edilberto Silva Ruete (17 September 1935 – 21 September 2012) was a Peruvian politician, lawyer and economist.

Political career Silva Ruete served as Minister of Agriculture in the First Presidency of Fernando Belaúnde Terry (1965 and 1967). He later served as Minister of Economy and Finance in the cabinets of Francisco Morales-Bermúdez (1978-1980), Valentín Paniagua (2000) and Alejandro Toledo (2002). 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. He contested the 1985 election as a SODE candidate on the APRA list, winning a seat in the Senate.

He became president of the Central Reserve Bank in 2003 and served until 2004.

Silva Ruete died of cancer, at the age of 77 on 21 September 2012.