H.E. Dr. Umayya Toukan
Governor - Central Bank of Jordan 

Dr. Toukan held several leading positions including Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister of Jordan, Head of the Economic Research Department at the Central Bank of Jordan, and CEO of the Stock Exchange in Jordan.

Internationally Dr. Toukan held a variety of positions including Senior Economist at the Arab Monetary Fund in Abu Dhabi, Jordan representative at the United Nations in New York (Economic and Financial Committee) and Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the European Union.

Decorations
• The Jordanian Grand Order of Al-Istiklal (Independence) 1995
• The Jordanian Grand Order of Al-Kawkab 2001
• Belgian Grand Cross, Order of the Crown, 2001

Dr. Toukan completed his doctoral studies at Columbia University in the City of New York in the area of monetary economics (Money and Financial Markets).

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