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| Term length | Five years, renewable |
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The president of the World Bank Group is the head of World Bank Group. The president is responsible for chairing the meetings of the boards of directors and for overall management of the World Bank Group.
The nominee is subject to confirmation by the Board of Executive Directors, to serve for a five-year, renewable term. Traditionally, the World Bank Group president has always been an American citizen nominated by the United States, the Bank's largest shareholder, and the IMF's managing director has been a European citizen.[1] While most World Bank Group presidents have had economic experience, some have not.[2]
The fourteenth and current World Bank Group president is Ajay Banga, who was selected on May 3 and began his term on June 2, 2023.[3]
- ^ Weiss, Martin A. (February 8, 2019). Selecting the World Bank President (PDF) (Report). Congressional Research Service. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 11, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
According to an informal agreement among World Bank member countries, a U.S. candidate is chosen as the president of the World Bank and a European candidate (typically French or German) is appointed as the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- ^ Hurlburt, Heather (March 23, 2012). "Why Jim Yong Kim would make a great World Bank president". The Guardian. Archived from the original on October 21, 2022. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ^ "Ajay Banga Selected 14th President of the World Bank" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group. May 3, 2023. Archived from the original on May 14, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2023.