Komijani Replaces Hemmati as CBI Chief

The Cabinet on Wednesday appointed Ali Akbar Komijani as the new governor of the Central Bank of Iran.
Born in 1951, Komijani was a vice-governor of the CBI since January 2014. He was the CBI deputy chief for economic affairs between 2013 and 2014 and served as the vice governor from 1998 to 2007.
He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin and teaches at Tehran University.
He was proposed for the top job by the Economy Minister Farhad Dejpasand. The governor must be approved by CBI’s General Assembly and the Cabinet.