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2014 CENTRAL BANKER REPORT CARDS | MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
Country
Central Bank Governor
Grade This Year
Grade Last Year
Algeria
Mohammed Laksaci
B-
C
Angola
José de Lima Massano
B+
B
Bahrain
Rasheed Mohammed Al Maraj
B-
B
Egypt
Hisham Ramez
B
N/A**
Ethiopia
Teklewold Atnafu
B-
C-
Ghana
Henry Kofi Wampah
C
N/A**
Iraq
Abdul Basit Turki
B-
N/A**
Israel
Karnit Flug
A
N/A*
Jordan
Ziad Fariz
B
N/A**
Kenya
Njuguna Ndung’u
B+
B+
Kuwait
Mohammad Yusuf Al-Hashel
B+
B
Lebanon
Riad Salameh
B
B
Morocco
Abdellatif Jouahri
B
B
Nigeria
Godwin Emefiele
Too early to say
N/A*
Oman
Hamood Sangour Al Zadjali
B
N/A**
Qatar
Abdullah Saud Al-Thani
B
B-
Saudi Arabia
Fahad al-Mubarak
A
B+
South Africa
Gill Marcus
C
C
Tunisia
Chedly Ayari
B
N/A**
United Arab Emirates
Sultan Nasser al-Suwaidi
B
B-
*CB governor was graded in 2013, however a different governor held the office.
**New country addition to the Central Bank Report Cards in 2014, therefore no grade was given in 2013.