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King_David

(14,851 posts) Tue Oct 22, 2013, 10:39 PM Oct 2013

Bank of Israel to get first female boss

JERUSALEM — Karnit Flug, deputy governor of the Bank of Israel, was picked to move up to the top spot and if confirmed will be the first woman to be the central bank’s governor.

Her appointment was announced Sunday by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yair Lapid. The deputy governor since July 2011, Flug has been acting governor since Stanley Fischer stepped down June 30. Fischer recommended Flug as his replacement.

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Flug earned a PhD in economics from Columbia University in 1985 and worked at the International Monetary Fund before joining the Bank of Israel in 1998.

She joins Janet Yellen of the United States as landmark picks to lead the central banks of their countries. Yellen, who is Jewish, was appointed this month as chief of the Federal Reserve and if confirmed would be its first female chief.

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