Ecuador Leader Names New Finance Minister
From Reuters
QUITO, Ecuador —
President Leon Febres Cordero on Wednesday appointed a former head of Ecuador’s central bank, Rodrigo Espinosa, as finance minister after accepting the resignation of Domingo Cordovez Peez, a senior government official said.
Cordovez resigned for personal reasons and wishes to devote more time to his business interests, the official said. Espinosa, who takes office immediately, was general manager of Ecuador’s central bank from 1976 to 1979.
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