Umayya Toukan
Umayya Salah Toukan was the governor of the Central Bank of Jordan from 2001 to 2010. He is married to Lina Izziddine Mufti.Life and education
Toukan was born in 1946 in Amman, Jordan. He obtained his undergraduate and MBA degree from the American University of Beirut. He then joined the University of Oxford in Britain where he obtained a bachelor's degree in economic development. He later completed his PhD at Columbia Business School in 1987. He served as the CEO of the stock exchange in Jordan.Career and positions
On 30 March 2013, Toukan was appointed minister of finance to the cabinet led by Abdullah Ensour.
