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IMF names Kristalina Georgieva as new head
Source: BBC
IMF names Kristalina Georgieva as new head
25 September 2019
Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva has been selected as the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
Ms Georgieva, who was previously chief executive of the World Bank, becomes the first person from an emerging economy to lead the IMF.
She will succeed Christine Lagarde, who is leaving to become head of the of the European Central Bank (ECB).
Ms Georgieva was the only nominee for the job.
Who is Kristalina Georgieva?
The 66-year-old economist, the daughter of a civil engineer, studied political economy and sociology at the Karl Marx Higher Institute of Economics in Sofia while Bulgaria was still under communist rule.
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25 September 2019
Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva has been selected as the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
Ms Georgieva, who was previously chief executive of the World Bank, becomes the first person from an emerging economy to lead the IMF.
She will succeed Christine Lagarde, who is leaving to become head of the of the European Central Bank (ECB).
Ms Georgieva was the only nominee for the job.
Who is Kristalina Georgieva?
The 66-year-old economist, the daughter of a civil engineer, studied political economy and sociology at the Karl Marx Higher Institute of Economics in Sofia while Bulgaria was still under communist rule.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49833220
Kristalina Georgieva (left) succeeds Christine Lagarde (right) as IMF head (AFP)
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Not Ivanka? 