The name of President Zelenskiy’s candidate for governor of Ukraine’s central bank will be submitted to the Rada next week, Iryna Vereshchuk

The name of President Zelenskiy’s candidate for governor of Ukraine’s central bank will be submitted to the Rada next week, Iryna Vereshchuk, a member of parliament, tells Interfax-Ukraine. Last Friday, the Rada voted by a wide majority – 286 of 424 members – to accept the resignation of Yakiv Smoliy, who held the post for the three years at the National Bank of Ukraine. Smoliy’s 7-year term was to expire in 2025, but he resigned Wednesday, complaining of sustained political pressure. On Friday, he warned the Rada of “systematic political pressure to make decisions that are not economically justified and may cost dear to the Ukrainian economy in the long term.”