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How Riad Salameh could survive 2023

An extension or renewal of the central bank governor’s term seems more and more likely a few months before it is set to expire. Yet, everything could be decided at the last moment, with a sense of urgency.

How Riad Salameh could survive 2023

Banque du Liban governor Riad Salameh. (Credit: Illustration by Guilhem Dorandeu, photo by João Sousa/L'Orient-Le Jour)

This is one of the country’s secret tricks. Over the past three years, legal proceedings were initiated in Lebanon and abroad against Banque du Liban’s governor Riad Salameh, on charges including illicit enrichment, embezzlement and tax evasion.In...
This is one of the country’s secret tricks. Over the past three years, legal proceedings were initiated in Lebanon and abroad against Banque du Liban’s governor Riad Salameh, on charges including illicit enrichment, embezzlement and tax evasion.In...