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Lebanon’s acting governor says he will radically change course

Wassim Mansouri pledges cuts to central bank financing and demands action from politicians

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Karan Jain (https://bit.ly/3IYY8Dm)

The Central Bank of Lebanon’s first deputy governor became its acting head and warned he would sharply change course in a bid to tackle the country’s deep economic and political crisis.

Wassim Mansouri became the central bank’s acting governor on July 31, after Riad Salameh’s 30-year incumbency ended amid European authorities seeking his arrest. Mansouri made public statements promising major reforms, including ending unauthorised central bank financing of government.

He has become interim

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