Montenegro is Latest Balkan Country to Name Woman as Top Central Banker

Parliament late Friday approved the appointment of economist and former diplomat Irena Radovic as the new governor of the Central Bank of Montenegro.

A former head of the Balkan country’s Investment-Development Fund, Radovic becomes the first woman to lead the bank regulator and monetary authority. She was backed by 58 lawmakers in Montenegro’s 81-seat assembly in Friday’s vote.

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