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People: Bank of Italy's Saccomanni becomes Italian finance minister; Kuroda replaced at ADB
Director-general at Italian central bank gets top government role; Takehiko Nakao moves from Japanese finance ministry to head Asian Development Bank
People: New governor for Central Bank of Venezuela; Bank of Lithuania gets new board member
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has nominated Edmée Betancourt to take over at the top of the central bank; Norges Bank economist to return home for Bank of Lithuania board seat; and more
Maduro picks central bank chief for Venezuela's finance minister
Nelson Merentes will be finance minister and central bank governor for the time being; analysts see his appointment as part of a shift to a more 'pragmatic chavismo'
Riksbank deputy Lars Svensson steps down
Riksbank’s ‘most committed dove’ will leave the central bank in May after failing to win the other members of the Executive Board round to a more expansionary monetary policy
People: Iceland deputy handed second term; IMF appoints new statistics head
Arnór Sighvatsson gets second and final term at Central Bank of Iceland; Canadian ‘chief statistician' makes DC switch to head IMF stats office
People: Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago gets new deputy; Fiji management shake-up
Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago names Alvin Hilaire as new deputy; Fijian IMF secondment sets off managerial merry-go-round; and more
Ireland’s financial regulator quits central bank
Deputy governor for financial regulation announces departure to ‘pursue other interests’; term spanned turbulent period for Ireland’s economy
Cyprus deputy sacked after two months
President revokes contract of central bank’s first ever deputy governor, whose ethnic Greek heritage made his appointment unconstitutional
People: Wampah becomes Bank of Ghana governor; Iosco replaces chair
Henry Wampah moves from acting to full governor of the Bank of Ghana; Iosco appoints new chair and vice-chairs; Poland gets new management board members; and more
Australia shuffles top managers but governor Stevens stays on
RBA governor Stevens reappointed for three more years, while Wayne Byres moves from Basel Committee to head up prudential regulator Apra
Parliament gives Agus green light to become Bank Indonesia chief
Agus Martowardojo gets parliamentary approval to replace Darmin Nasution as governor of Bank Indonesia, after nine hours of questioning by commission
Slovenia picks new central bank governor to guide economy to safety
Boštjan Jazbec will take over from Marko Kranjec at the helm of the eurozone nation's central bank - tasked with 'repairing the financial sector'
Sanusi impersonators shut down in fight against Nigerian scams
Central Bank of Nigeria ensures over 100 social networking accounts impersonating governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi are closed down in battle against fraud
BoE Financial Policy Committee gets three new members
Former LSE head Clara Furse among the new external members named to Bank of England’s FPC; Donald Kohn re-appointed to his post
Bank Indonesia candidate grilled by parliamentary commission
Governor nominee Agus Martowardojo faces difficult questions on scandals while at finance ministry; former Bank Indonesia governor warns of threat to the central bank’s independence
Sanusi will not seek second term at Nigerian central bank
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, will step down in June 2014; close to securing last in a string of controversial banking reforms
People: FSB appoints new chairs; Pakistani board reaches full strength
Three central bankers appointed to head Financial Stability Board committees; Pakistan completes drive to fill governing board; and more
Zhou Xiaochuan stays on as PBoC governor
People’s Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan staves off retirement for another term at the top of the central bank; will target rising inflation and capital reforms
People: Kuroda confirmed; Bulgarian deputy joins government
Haruhiko Kuroda will replace Masaaki Shirakawa at the BoJ after receiving approval from parliament; Bulgarian deputy joins finance ministry in temporary switch; and more
Putin picks economic adviser as Bank of Russia chief
Elvira Nabiullina nominated to succeed Sergey Ignatiev as chairman of the Bank of Russia; faces challenge of maintaining monetary policy credibility despite close ties to the Kremlin
People: Bank of England names PRA board; Rwanda’s finance ministry and central bank swap chiefs
Bank of England names three board members for new prudential regulator; Claver Gatete switches National Bank of Rwanda governorship with finance minister John Rwangombwa; and more
People: Bank of England reappoints Dale and Haldane to committee posts
BoE hands Spencer Dale and Andrew Haldane – both executive directors – further three-year terms on the financial and monetary policy committee respectively; Sweden deputy stands down
Hungary PM picks finance minister Matolcsy for central bank top job
Government seeks to ‘harmonise’ policy with central bank by nominating finance minister György Matolcsy as András Simor’s successor; appointment could herald greater policy easing
Abe picks Kuroda to head Bank of Japan
Haruhiko Kuroda nominated next governor of the Bank of Japan; markets respond positively but commentators warn Kuroda’s dovish stance could amount to debt monetisation