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The Japanese government has appointed academic Kazuo Ueda as the next Bank of Japan Governor. He was a member of the BoJ’s policy board between 1998 and 2005, and before that an economics professor at the University of Tokyo. He will succeed Haruhiko Kuroda, whose second five-year term ends in April.

Aivo Andrianarivelo, an IMF Executive Director, has been appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Madagascar, replacing Henri Rabarijohn, who has stepped down for health reasons.

Christian Kettel Thomsen has been announced as the new Governor of Danmarks Nationalbank, succeeding Lars Rodhe, who is retiring after a 10year term. He was formerly Vice-President at the European Investment Bank, and has previously served as Permanent Secretary of State for the Prime Minister’s Office and Permanent Secretary of State for Finance.