Czech Republic: Rusnok to Become CNB Board Member

People ♦ Published: February 4, 2014; 21:14 ♦ (Vindobona)

Czech President Milos Zeman will appoint former Czech prime minister Jiri Rusnok as new board member of the Czech National Bank.

Czech Republic: Rusnok to Become CNB Board Member / Picture: © Wikipedia / David Sedlecký

For the Czech public, the announcement was not surprising. After the Czech presidential elections in early 2013, Zeman said that Rusnok will become board member of the Czech National Bank.

In the past few years, Rusnok had different positions in the Czech cabinet. Before he became prime minister, Rusnok was minister of finance as well was minister of industry and…