Press conference by the First Deputy Governor of the Lebanese Central Bank, Beirut, Lebanon - 31 Jul 2023
Wassim Mansouri (L), first deputy governor of Lebanon's Central Bank, arrives at his press conference at the Central Bank headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, 31 July 2023. The governorship responsibilities of the Banque du Liban (Lebanese Central Bank) was handed over on 31 July to the deputy governors, led by First Deputy Wassim Mansouri. Riad Salameh, the former Governor of Lebanon's Central Bank as of 31 July, is under judicial investigations in Lebanon and multiple European countries, with arrest warrants issued against him by France and Germany for a list of charges, including money laundering.