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FORMER finance minister Larry Howai has been appointed as the new governor of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, effective June 25.

In a statement on June 25, the Finance Ministry said Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo presented Howai with his instruments of appointment on the same day.

It said the appointment followed a request made to the President by Cabinet on June 24 to revoke the appointment of then Central Bank governor Dr Alvin Hilaire with immediate effect.