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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is option 3, i.e. Shaktikanta Das . Shaktikanta Das won the ‘Central Banker of the year 2020, Asia-Pacific’ award given by the Banker magazine. He won this award for encouraging growth and balancing the economy.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mr Jónsson says he is honoured to be named Central Banker of the Year by The Banker, describing it as a positive for Iceland to be recognised in this way. “I’ve been central bank governor for three years, and at first when I met other governors abroad, I always had this feeling I wasn’t taken seriously, ” he says.

Detailed explanation-3: -The president of the Central Reserve Bank (BCR), Julio Velarde, was awarded as the Central Banker of the Americas of the Year 2022 by the international magazine The Banker, of the Financial Times publishing group, in recognition of his outstanding work in 2021.

Detailed explanation-4: -As RBI governor, Das serves as the ex-officio chairperson of the Monetary Policy Committee of the central bank. He was conferred the ‘Central Banker of the Year, Asia-Pacific 2020’ award by the London based magazine-The Banker for his efforts to make the banking system more robust.

Detailed explanation-5: -“Bank of Ghana” has won the Central bank of the year award 2020. Apart from this, Mark Carney (Governor of the Bank of England) has won the Governor of the year at the Central bank of the year award 2020.