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Peter Larose was a Seychellois accountant and economist who served as a minister of Finance, Trade and Economic Planning Seychelles from 2017 to 2018. He was a World Bank former executive director of African Group 1 Constituency and a member of the International Academic Association. He died in September 2022. [1]

Background and career

Peter Larose earned a master's of business administration (MBA) in international banking and finance and a doctorate degree in UK commercial banking from the University of Birmingham. He started his career in 1975 at the Ministry of Finance of Seychelles and rose through the ranks to the position of an advisor in the ministry from 2000 to 2001 when he was appointed general manager of Central Bank of Seychelles and served in this office until 2005. [2] Larose joined the World Bank in 2008 as an advisor and promoted to the position of an alternate executive director in 2012 and served until 2014 when he was promoted to the rank of executive director of African Group 1 Constituency representing 22 African countries. Larose was a member of the International Academic Association. He served as minister of Finance, Trade and Economic Planning from July 2017 to April 2018 in the cabinet of president Danny Faure. He died on 20 September 2022. [3] [4]

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References

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