Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus, a former Bank Negara Malaysia official who probed 1MDB, has been appointed as the new central bank governor.<br /><br />It was reported by Bloomberg that Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's spokesperson confirmed the appointment which has been approved by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.<br /><br />Nor Shamsiah joined Bank Negara in 1987 and rose to become a deputy governor at the central bank for six years before she left in November 2016 when her term ended.<br /><br />It was previously reported that Nor Shamsiah was closely involved in Bank Negara's inquiry into 1MDB in 2015 under then governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz.
