Smolii vows no significant personnel reshuffles if appointed NBU Governor

Acting head of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), Yakiv Smolii, in case of his appointment by the Verkhovna Rada to the post of NBU Governor, does not plan any significant personnel reshuffles on the NBU Board.

"No substantial personnel changes are foreseen. We will have a single vacancy for the post of deputy head responsible for settlement operations. The candidate will be selected in a competition basis," the NBU press service quoted Smolii as saying.

Read alsoNBU strengthens official exchange rate to UAH 27.74 to dollarOn Monday, February 5, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Financial Policy and Banking decided to recommend the parliament to dismiss Valeriya Gontareva from the post of the NBU Governor and appoint to the position Yakiv Smolii.

According to Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy, the Verkhovna Rada will consider the appointment of a new NBU head after the approval of the candidate by the relevant committee and an interview with all parliamentary factions, which is possible before the end of February.

Read alsoPoroshenko finally finds replacement for Gontareva in NBUAs UNIAN reported earlier, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on January 18 proposed to dismiss Valeriya Gontareva, who had earlier filed a resignation letter, and appoint to the top NBU post Yakiv Smolii, who is currently an acting head of the NBU.

Head of the NBU Valeriya Gontareva, after three years in office, submitted to President Petro Poroshenko a resignation letter of May 10, 2017, and went on a long vacation.

Since May 11, 2017, her duties have been performed by first deputy head of the National Bank, Yakiv Smolii.

Before the dismissal, the head of the NBU must report to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.