Vega has also held many important public offices, including: Member of the Central Bank's Monetary Board (1975-1981), Director of the Museum of Dominican Man (1978-1982), Governor of the
Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (1982-1984) and
Ambassador to Washington (1996 -1998). He taught economics at the
Pontifical Catholic University Mother and Teacher and the
Autonomous University of Santo Domingo. Vega has won the National History Award four times (1986, 1989, 1990, 1991). ==Bibliography==