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Raghuram Rajan appointed as next RBI governor

International Monetary Fund's Chief Economist Raghuram Rajan speaks during a news conference on the World Economy Outlook in Singapore September 14, 2006. REUTERS/Tim Chong/Files



Raghuram Rajan appointed as next RBI governor

NEW DELHI | Tue Aug 6, 2013 3:52pm IST

(Reuters) - The government has appointed Raghuram Rajan, the chief economic adviser in the finance ministry, to be the next governor of the Reserve Bank of India for a three year term, a statement by the finance minister said on Tuesday.

Rajan will replace Duvvuri Subbarao, whose tenure ends on September 4 after five years.

Rajan joined the government last August, having previously been chief economist at the International Monetary Fund and a professor at the University of Chicago.

(Reporting by Manoj Kumar and Rajesh Kumar Singh; Editing by Tony Munroe)

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