Izraeli PM Netanyahu and Finance Minister Lapid Decide to Appoint Prof. Leonardo Leiderman as Governor of the Bank of Israel
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yair Lapid, today
(Wednesday, 31 July 2013), decided to appoint Professor Leonardo
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Governor of the Bank of Israel.
Prof. Leiderman was born in Argentina and immigrated to Israel when he was
17. He has two daughters and three grandchildren. He holds a BA from Hebrew
University and his MA and PhD from the University of Chicago. He wrote his
dissertation on macro-economics under the supervision of Nobel laureate
Robert Lucas.
Prof. Leiderman has been on the faculty at Tel Aviv University since 1979
and has been a university professor for the last 20 years. He worked at the
Bank of Israel, from 1991-1995 as a senior adviser to the Governor and the
monetary department, and from 1996-2000 as head of the research department.
He also served as director of emerging markets research at Deutsche Bank and
has visited the IMF and the World Bank several times as a research fellow.
He has been Chief Economic Adviser of Bank Hapoalim since April 2003.
Prof. Leiderman lectures at international conferences, has authored and/or
edited seven
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approximately 70 professional papers. Most of his research has focused on
central banking, inflation, capital flows and exchange rates.
Prof. Leiderman’s appointment is subject to the approval of the committee on
senior civil service appointments chaired by retired Supreme Court Judge
Jacob Turkel and of the Cabinet.
Prof. Leiderman said, „I thank Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance
Minister Yair Lapid for their confidence in me. I am excited to return to
the Bank of Israel. I will work to help the Israeli economy meet the
challenges that it faces.”
