The following is a list of international organization leaders in 2009.
Organization | Title | Leader | Country | In office | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
African Development Bank | President | Donald Kaberuka | Rwanda | 2005–2015 | [126] |
Asian Development Bank | President | Haruhiko Kuroda | Japan | 2005–2013 | [127] |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | President | Thomas Mirow | Germany | 2008-2012 | [128] |
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) | President | Luis Alberto Moreno | Colombia | 2005–2020 | [129] |
International Monetary Fund | Managing director | Dominique Strauss-Kahn | France | 2007–2011 | [130] |
Islamic Development Bank (IDB) | President | Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Madani | Saudi Arabia | 1975–present | [131] |
World Bank | President | Robert Zoellick | United States | 2007–2012 | [132] |
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