Kristalina Georgieva to be first-ever head of IMF from CE

Kristalina Georgieva, an economist from Bulgaria, has been elected the new head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Georgieva will begin her 5-year term on October 1.
Georgieva is the second woman in history in this position and the first managing director in the history of the IMF (founded in 1944), which comes from an emerging economy country and Central Europe. Previously, she served as director-general of the World Bank.
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