Author: Anita Hawser, Gordon Platt


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. 

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