The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has elected Kristalina Georgieva as its Managing Director for a second five-year term that commences on October 1st, 2024.
She has been the fund’s managing director since 2019.
“I am deeply grateful for the trust and support of the Fund’s Executive Board, representing our 190 members, and honoured to continue to lead the IMF as Managing Director for a second five-year term,” said Georgieva in a statement.
“A more challenging global context demands an even more effective IMF. I will continue to devote all my energy to serve our members.”
Ahead of next week’s IMF-World Bank spring meetings in Washington DC, Let me congratulate my sister and colleague @KGeorgieva for her election to a second term as MD of the IMF. With a band of sisters running a good chunk of the world’s finances and economies! pic.twitter.com/6SCjhvSaro
— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (@NOIweala) April 13, 2024
