Njuguna Ndung’u Biography – Njuguna Ndung’u Wiki
Njuguna Ndung’u also referred to as Njuguna S. Ndung’u is a Kenyan economist, university professor, and economic researcher. He served as the eighth Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya for two consecutive four-year terms, from March 2007 until March 2015. He has been appointed as the Cabinet Secretary for The National Treasury and Planning, Government of Kenya. He was appointed on September 27, 2022, alongside Florence Bore, Rebecca Miano and Peninah Malonza among others.
He studied economics at the University of Nairobi, earning both a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Master of Arts in Economics from the university. He also has a Doctor of Philosophy, in economics, obtained from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. He has served as the director of training at the African Economic Research Consortium. He lectured in advanced economic theory and econometrics at the University of Nairobi, where he was an associate professor of economics. He also worked as a regional programme specialist for the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office, Nairobi, of the International Development Research Centre, Canada; and at the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis as a principal analyst/researcher and head of the Macroeconomic and Economic Modelling Division. He is also recognized for being the Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya.
He has had extensive research and teaching work in various fields of economics, including macroeconomics, microeconomics, econometrics, and poverty reduction. A long-time researcher and trainer with the AERC and MEFMI network, he has published in international journals as well as chapters in various books on economic policy issues, inflation, interest rate and exchange rate issues, financial management, public sector growth, external debt, financial liberalization in Anglophone Africa, structural adjustment, as well as on employment and labour market issues.
He joined the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) as executive director in 2018. A year later in 2019, he served on the advisory board of the annual Human Development Report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), co-chaired by Thomas Piketty and Tharman Shanmugaratnam. He has been appointed as CS Treasury in Kenya’s fifth administration under President William Samoei Ruto.
Njuguna Ndung’u Age
He was born in 1960 in Lodwar, Kenya.
Njuguna Ndung’u Children
His children are Ian Ndung’u, Brenda and Stephen.
Njuguna Ndung’u Tribe
He hails from the Agikuyu tribe of Kenya. They are a Bantu-speaking group that mainly originates from the Central part of Kenya.
