Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 39

26-Sep-2011

Jordan

Jordan Replaces Its Central Bank Governor

Muhammad Sa'id Shahin has been appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) under a royal decree issued on 18 September. Mr Shahin replaces the outgoing governor Faris Sharaf, whose resignation was accepted by the cabinet earlier. Mr Sharaf, who was appointed to the post last November, said on 21 September that he was pushed into resigning after armed police surrounded the CBJs...