Slovene governor quits post after receiving death threats

Boštjan Jazbec
Boštjan Jazbec
European Central Bank

The governor of Slovenia’s central bank announced on March 20 that he is quitting the role, after receiving death threats he says come from people who lost money from a banking bail-in.

Governor Boštjan Jazbec today (March 22) also accused an adviser to Slovenia’s president of seeking to improperly influence the choice of the central bank’s next governor, saying this was also linked to the “bail-in”.

An official statement said Jazbec will take up a senior role with the European Central Bank’s

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