The following is a list of international organization leaders in 2008.
Organization | Title | Leader | Country | In office | Ref |
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African Development Bank | President | Donald Kaberuka | Rwanda | 2005–2015 | [120] |
Asian Development Bank | President | Haruhiko Kuroda | Japan | 2005–2013 | [121] |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | President | Jean Lemierre | France | 2000-2008 | [122] |
Thomas Mirow | Germany | 2008-2012 | [123] | ||
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) | President | Luis Alberto Moreno | Colombia | 2005–2020 | [124] |
International Monetary Fund | Managing director | Dominique Strauss-Kahn | France | 2007–2011 | [125] |
Islamic Development Bank (IDB) | President | Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Madani | Saudi Arabia | 1975–present | [126] |
World Bank | President | Robert Zoellick | United States | 2007–2012 | [127] |
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