A scholar-practitioner in finance and a career central banker with demonstrated expertise in leading monetary and public finance reforms.
Minister of Finance, Dier Tong Ngor yesterday, graduated from Walden University in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA with a Ph.D. in Finance Management.
Dier Tong was appointed Finance Minister in August 2022 as a replacement for Agak Acuil Lual.
Tong obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Khartoum in 1986 with an honor in business administration, concentrating in finance.
Tong had a marvelous profession in the banking industry starting in 1986 when he was appointed as an inspection officer in the Central Bank of Sudan. Tong also holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from University College Dublin.
Tong is a career central banker. He started his career with the Central Bank of Sudan and the Bank of South Sudan (central bank) where he held positions of Director General of Banking Supervision & Research, and Director General of Banking Operations.
He was also appointed in 2017 as First Deputy Governor for Policy & Banking and subsequently served twice as the Governor of the Bank of South Sudan up to January 2022.
Tong is credited with successful reforms of the exchange rate in South Sudan, which resulted in the unification of exchange rates in the country two years ago.
