Charles Chukwuma Soludo Biography

Biography

Charles Chukwuma Soludo, (born 28 July 1960) is a Nigerian politician and economics professor who serves as the fifth democratic Governor of Anambra State since 17 March 2022 and also hails from Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State in Nigeria. Soludo is a former governor and chairman of the board of directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria. He was appointed as the bank’s governor on 29 May 2004. He is also a member of the British Department for International Development’s International Advisory Group.

Charles Chukwuma Soludo
Full Name	Charles Chukwuma Soludo
Born	July 28, 1960 (age 65)
Nationality	Nigerian
Occupation	Politician
Relationship Status	Married
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Booking Contact	soludosolution.org
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Early Life

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Education

Charles Chukwuma Soludo had his Bac helor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Nsukka, Enugu state.  He graduated with a First-Class degree in 1984. After three years of his graduation, Charles Chukwuma Soludo undertook his Masters’s degree in Economics from the University of Nsukka, Enugu State. His PhD was also in Economics from the same university.

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Career

Academia

• Soludo has been a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund, the University of Cambridge, the Brookings Institution, the University of Warwick, and the University of Oxford as well as a visiting professor at Swarthmore College (USA). He has also worked as a consultant for a number of international organisations, including The World Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and the United Nations Development Programme. Soludo is a core professional in the business of macroeconomics. Soludo graduated with a First Class Honours degree in 1984, an MSc Economics in 1987, and a PhD in 1989, winning prizes for the best student at all three levels.
• Chukwuma has been trained and involved in research, teaching, and auditing in such disciplines as multi-country macro-econometric modelling, techniques of computable general equilibrium modelling, survey methodology, and panel data econometrics, among others. He studied and taught these courses at many universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, and Warwick. Soludo has co-authored, co-edited, and authored a number of books on this subject matter.
• In 1998, Soludo was appointed to the position of professor of economics at the University of Nigeria; the next year he became a visiting professor at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA.

Government

• Soludo joined the federal government in 2003 and served as chief economic adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo. Prior to his May 2004 appointment to the CBN’s chairmanship, he was the Chief Executive of the National Planning Commission of Nigeria.
• On 16 September 2019, the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, appointed Soludo as a member of a newly formed 8-member Economic Advisory Council (EAC) which would report directly to the President on issues related to national economic policies.

Politics

• In September 2009, Soludo announced his aspiration for the seat of the Governor of Anambra State, in the south-eastern Nigerian state’s election of 9 February 2010. On 9 October 2009, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chose Soludo as their consensus candidate for the position from a field of 47 candidates, after repeated attempts to hold elective primaries were stalled by court injunctions.
• On 17 July 2013, Soludo resigned from the People’s Democratic Party after writing a letter to the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur. He later joined the All Progressives Grand Alliance in preparation for the November 2013 governorship race in Anambra state. In mid-August 2013, he, along with five other qualified aspirants, were disqualified by the APGA Screening Committee.
• In February 2021, Soludo officially declared his intention to run for the position of Governor of Anambra State under the banner of APGA. On 9 November 2021, the Independent National Electoral Commission announced Soludo as the winner of the 2021 Anambra State gubernatorial election and governor-elect of Anambra State. He was issued a certificate of return on 13 November 2021.
• On 17 March 2022, Soludo was sworn in as the fifth Governor of Anambra State. During the inaugural event, a fight broke out between the wife of former Governor of Anambra State Willie Obiano, Ebele Obiano, and the wife of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu.

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