Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo (cfr)

Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, CFR (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.

On 9 November 2021, Prof. Soludo, representing the All Progressives Grand Alliance, was declared winner of the 2021 Anambra State gubernatorial election, defeating his closest rivals from the PDP and APC, Valentine Ozigbo and Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba, respectively.

Prof. Soludo is a former governor and chairman of the board of directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). 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 and member of President Buhari’s Presidential Economic Advisory Committee.