Baghdad / Orr News
I learned Agency (UR) of a source familiar with that Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq and Abdul Basit Turki Agency decided to prevent press statements for all bank officials. The source said that "Turki told all officials in the Iraqi Central Bank to refrain from press statements." He added that "Turkish officials did not reach the positive reasons for the decision to ban statements."
The decision comes after a series of government measures and a long judicial officials in the Bank's most prominent governor Sinan al-Shabibi, who the judiciary right Amadkrh issued arrest with the Council of Ministers decided to withdraw his hand from office. It is worth mentioning that the central bank governor had contributed to raise the value of the Iraqi dinar from 1500 to 1180 and remained dinar conservative on its market value between 2007 until the end of 2010 in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance over the past years as characterized that period stability Iraqi dinar exchange rate and the absence of dollarization "in If a loss of confidence in the national currency is to resort to the dollar in commercial transactions "It Maadth organizations Transparency International Monetary and important accomplishment.
Shabibi was, before assuming the post of Governor of the Central Bank, has worked for more than two decades in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Shabibi says in introducing himself on the Iraqi Central Bank he served as Chairman of the Department of Coordination and Planning, Ministry of Planning, from 10 April 1977 until December 1980. And he had previously served as Chairman of the Department of the import and marketing oil ministry from May 1975 until March 1977. And work in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) from December 1990 until October 2001. Shabibi holds a doctorate in economics from the University of Bristol, England, in 1975.
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