The following is a list of international organization leaders in 2005.
Organization | Title | Leader | Country | In office | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
African Development Bank | President | Omar Kabbaj | Morocco | 1995-2005 | [99] |
Donald Kaberuka | Rwanda | 2005–2015 | [100] | ||
Asian Development Bank | President | Tadao Chino | Japan | 1999-2005 | [101] |
Haruhiko Kuroda | 2005–2013 | [102] | |||
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | President | Jean Lemierre | France | 2000-2008 | [103] |
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) | President | Enrique V. Iglesias | Uruguay/Spain | 1988-2005 | [104] |
Luis Alberto Moreno | Colombia | 2005–2020 | [105] | ||
International Monetary Fund | Managing director | Rodrigo Rato | Spain | 2004-2007 | [106] |
Islamic Development Bank (IDB) | President | Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Madani | Saudi Arabia | 1975–present | [107] |
World Bank | President | James Wolfensohn | Australia/United States | 1995-2005 | [108] |
Paul Wolfowitz | United States | 2005-2007 | [109] | ||
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