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This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Mark Carney for Prime Minister of the UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Mark Joseph Carney is an Irish-Canadian economist who currently serves as Governor of the Bank of England and Chairman of the G20's Financial Stability Board. Carney's actions as Governor of the Bank of Canada played a major role in avoiding the the financial crisis that began in 2007.

More details

Hornbrook, Mike (January 29, 2011). "Mark Carney: Interesting times". cbc.ca. Retrieved June 24, 2016.

Verma, Sid (2012). "Mark Carney: Finance’s new statesman". Euromoney (October). Retrieved June 24, 2016.

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It’s about honours or appointments.

In any case, as you might already know, the Prime Minister of the UK is not chosen by the UK Government or Parliament.

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