Floh, Carnit

Karnit Floog (var. - Flyug ; born January 9, 1955 , Poland ) is an Israeli economist .

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When she was three years old, the family repatriated to Israel ^[1] . Her father, Noah Flyg, was chairman of the parent organization of the Holocaust survivors in Israel ^[1] .

She graduated from the Hebrew University , where in 1980 received a master's degree in economics. She received her Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University in the USA (1985).

From 1984 to 1988 worked as an economist at the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) in Washington. Upon returning to Israel, she worked in the research department of the Central Bank and then in the Inter-American Development Bank (1994-1996).

Since 1997, he has been working at the Central Bank again; in 2001, he headed its research department. Since July 2011, the Deputy Manager, since June 30, 2013 - when Stanley Fisher resigned - and. about. Heads of the Central Bank ^[2] . Leaving his post, Stanley Fisher announced that he considered her the most suitable successor. However, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for several months tried to find another candidate ^[3] .

In October 2013, her candidacy was nominated for the position of Governor of the Central Bank (CB) of Israel . On October 27, 2013, the Israeli Cabinet of Ministers unanimously approved Dr. Karnit Floh as the manager of the Bank of Israel ^[4] , she was the first woman in Israeli history to take this position ^[2] .

Married, two children. Husband - Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Hebrew University .