Monday, May 10, 2010

Halim Alamsyah, new Deputy Governor BI

Indonesia's parliament today endorsed Halim Alamsyah as a deputy governor of the nation's central bank. Halim Alamsyah, who worked as director for banking research and regulations, at Bank Indonesia since 2007, will replace Siti Chalimah Fadjrijah and will be in charge of banking supervision.
The other contenders for that position included Krisna Wijaya, a member of the board of commissioners at PT Bank Danamon Indonesia Tbk and former CEO of the Deposit Insurance Corporation (LPS). The others candidate is Perry Warjiyo, the head of economic research and monetary policy at the central bank.
In the voting process, Halim Alamsyah won 29 vote, Krisna Wijaya 24 vote and Perry zero vote.
Halim Alamsyah, 53, has worked at the central bank since 1981 after graduating from the economic school at Islamic University of Indonesia in Yogyakarta. He holds a masters degree
in economics from Boston University and was a visiting economist at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC. in the 1990s.
Bank Indonesia's board of governor has six deputy governors, a senior deputy governor and a governor. The governor's post has been lying vacant for almost a year since Boediono decided to
contest elections as a running mate for Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the 2009 presidential polls.

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