Yakiv Smolii

Yakiv Smolii
Яків Смолій
Photo by Julia Berezovska
11th chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine
In office
15 March 2018 – 3 July 2020
Preceded byValeriia Hontareva
Succeeded byKyrylo Shevchenko
Personal details
Born (1961-02-01) 1 February 1961
Verbovets, Lanivtsi Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Alma materLviv University

Yakiv Vasyliovych Smolii (Ukrainian: Яків Васильович Смолій, born 1 February 1961) is a Ukrainian economist and banker and former chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine. He was acting governor of the National Bank from 11 May 2017 (when Valeriia Hontareva resigned) until the Ukrainian parliament elected him governor on 15 March 2018. Smolii was dismissed by the parliament on 3 July 2020 after he had tendered his resignation, he claimed he had done this as a result of long-standing political pressure.

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