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European Parliament to vote on Cœuré’s future at ECB
Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee recommends Benoît Cœuré for ECB executive board; plenary European Parliament vote to happen on Wednesday
New governor selected in Chile
Sebastián Piñera, the president of Chile chooses Rodrigo Vergara Montes to lead the Central Bank of Chile; Montes takes over role before final Senate approval
Promotions and reappointments at the Chicago Fed
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago announces new deputy chairman, reappointments of board chairman, two directors and Federal Advisory Council representative; also promotions in three internal groups
Cœuré progresses towards ECB executive board membership
ECB Governing Council adopts Council of the European Union opinion and supports Benoît Cœuré to become a member of the executive board
Kamin confirmed as permanent replacement for Sheets at Fed
Steven Kamin is made permanent director of the Division of International Finance at the Federal Reserve Board; has been acting head since Nathan Sheets resigned in August
Czech prime minister wary of central bank losing independence
Petr Nečas does not want selection method of top central bank officials to change; warns Senate-agreed choices could lead to the politicising of the board
Namibian deputy governor turns down third term
Bank of Namibia deputy governor Paul Hartmann to be replaced by director of research Ebson Uanguta; governor Ipumbu Shiimi confirmed for a full five-year term
Fed promotes directors on district boards
Federal Reserve announces string of changes to chair and deputy chair of regional Fed board of directors for 2012
MAS reshuffles senior management
Departure of Leo Mun Wai as head of Monetary Authority of Singapore's capital markets group triggers series of changes to management at central bank
Australia announces new deputy governor
Philip Lowe promoted from position as assistant governor; Heather Ridout revealed as new external board member
Riksbank appoints two new deputy governors
Kerstin af Jochnick and Per Jansson will succeed Svante Öberg and Lars Nyberg on the Swedish central bank’s executive board at the beginning of next year
Bank of England selects new chief for Special Resolution Unit
Andrew Gracie returns to Bank of England to lead special resolution unit; takes over later this month
Fed picks new head for banking supervision division
Michael Gibson takes over from Patrick Parkinson on January 1; Parkinson leaves Fed after 30 years of service
Lithuania fires head of credit institutions supervision department
Kazimieras Ramonas unceremoniously sacked; new central bank department will take over financial market supervision in 2012
China central bank official nominated to join private bank’s board
Wang Hongzhang tipped to become chairman of the China Construction Bank Corporation after unanimous nomination to join board of directors; will leave People’s Bank of China after a long career there
Egypt renews governor’s term
Farouk El-Okda to serve another four-year term; new-look board of governors also revealed
France confirms Cœuré as ECB nominee
Finance ministry puts Benoît Cœuré forward as nominee to replace Bini Smaghi on European Central Bank’s executive board; firm favourite choice confirmed
Delawari nominated as governor in Afghanistan
Afghan president Hamid Karzai proposes reappointment of Noorullah Delawari as governor of Bank of Afghanistan; last governor fled the country in fear of life
Iran appoints first female deputy governor
Iranian central bank governor appoints woman as deputy governor; takes on role of trying to stabilise fluctuating currency market in the country as sanctions are discussed worldwide
Liikanen predicts emerging market over-take in 2013
Bank of Finland governor sees emerging economies overtaking developed as soon as 2013; Bank of Finland renews terms of two key central bank figures
IMF’s European director Antonio Borges quits
Director of European department, Antonio Borges, steps down for personal reasons; succeeded by strategy director Reza Moghadam in shake-up at Fund
Zambia governance void continues
Bank of Zambia website lists every position on the board of directors as “vacant”; still no new governor after Caleb Fundanga was fired
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi to leave the ECB
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi will join Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs in January; ends term at ECB more than a year early
Papademos confirmed as Greek prime minister
Former ECB vice-president chosen as prime minister in new coalition government; news received well as stock market jumps