Ukrainian President Moves to Oust Central Bank Chief
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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko moved to assert his power, picking a new central bank chief, foreign minister and chief prosecutor.
Poroshenko, who took office less than two weeks ago, nominated Valeriya Gontareva to replace Stepan Kubiv as the head of the monetary authority, Pavlo Klimkin to succeed Andriy Deshchytsia as the country’s chief diplomat and Vitali Yarema to take over from Oleh Makhnitsky to lead the prosecutor’s office, according to parliament’s website. There’s no date set for lawmakers to vote on the proposals.