South Sudan’s president fires central bank governor

Garang replaced by Johnny Ohisa Damian, who previously held position before his own dismissal in 2023

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South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir has dismissed James Alic Garang as governor of the central bank and appointed his immediate predecessor, Johnny Ohisa Damian, to take over.

The decision, which was announced last night (December 9) on state television, is the seventh dismissal of a Bank of South Sudan governor since January 2017.

Kiir had previously dismissed Damian in October 2023, along with both of his deputy governors, The president appointed Garang, a former International Monetary Fund

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