Icelandic police chief heads ‘bizarre' committee to choose next governor
Sitting governor one of 10 applicants to take the job for the next five years
The chief of police for the Icelandic capital Reykjavik is heading a three-person committee charged with selecting the country's next central bank governor – a decision described by one observer as "bizarre" and potentially damaging to the morale and the credibility of the bank.
Current governor of the Central Bank of Iceland Már Guðmundsson is one of the 10 applicants for the post, published by the Finance Ministry last week. He was informed in February this year he would need to re-apply in an
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