The deputy governor of the National Bank of Angola (BNA) Tiago Dias is the interim governor of this financial institution, pending the appointment of the new governor.
Tiago Dias takes over the leadership of the Central Bank on interim basis, following the swearing in of the former governor, José de Lima Massano, as Minister of State for Economic Coordination on Friday.
The functions of interim governor of the Central Bank are set in paragraph a) of article 56 of Law no. 24/21, of 18 October, the National Bank of Angola Law, according to a note from the Central Bank reached ANGOP.
Tiago Dias holds the Master’s degree in Economic Sciences from the University of Bordeaux I, France.
He was Director of the Department of Statistics, Deputy Director of the Department of Studies and Statistics and Head of the Division of Studies of the Department of Studies and Statistics of BNA, among other functions.
Source: Angola Press News Agency (APNA)