Prime Minister Awan Khasawneh has shaken up top finance posts in Jordanian government in a bid to strengthen the country's economy, M&Cnews.com said on Thursday. Quoting an official statement, it said the cabinet appointed on Wednesday Ziad Fariz as the new governor of the Central Bank of Jordan. He succeeded Mohammad Shahin, who took over the job in October after a previous government forced his predecessor, Fares Sharaf, to step down amid criticism of his economic and social policies, M&Cnews.com said. The cabinet also named Mohammad Tash new president of the Jordan Securities Commission. He replaced Bassam Saket, who had held the post since the late 1990s. Saket has been accused of failing to adopt measures that would perk up the ailing Amman Stock Market, where the benchmark has dropped to its lowest level in seven years, the news agency said.
