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Kamau Thugge
Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya
Kamau Thugge (born 1st August, 1957) is a Kenyan economist, banker, and the tenth and current governor of the Central Bank of Kenya.
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He assumed office on 19 June 2023.[1]
Background and education
Thugge was born in Nyeri, Kenya, in 1957. He studied in Kenya for his pre-university education. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colorado College.
He obtained his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in economics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States.[1][2]
Career
International Monetary Fund
Out of graduate school, Thugge began a career at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), that spanned 20 years.
While there, he was reportedly responsible for designing policies for dealing with the unsustainable debt of developing countries, a process referred to as the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative (HIPC).[3] For some time, during and following the Glob