FILE PHOTO: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks beside Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail during a news conference after a weekly cabinet meeting in Putrajaya, Malaysia in a still image taken from a Reuters TV footage on May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Reuters TV
June 6, 2018
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s central bank governor Muhammad Ibrahim has submitted his resignation, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Wednesday, but no decision has been made yet on a successor.
“We have not decided on his successor because we need to have the approval of the Agong before we can announce,” Mahathir told a news conference, referring to seeking approval from the king.
Malaysia is in talks to appoint a new central bank governor, two sources told Reuters on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Joseph Sipalan; Writing by Praveen Menon; Editing by Paul Tait)
