The following is a list of international organization leaders in 2012.
Organization | Title | Leader | Country | In office | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
African Development Bank | President | Donald Kaberuka | Rwanda | 2005–2015 | [129] |
Asian Development Bank | President | Haruhiko Kuroda | Japan | 2005–2013 | [130] |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | President | Thomas Mirow | Germany | 2008-2012 | [131] |
Suma Chakrabarti | United Kingdom/India | 2012-2020 | [132] | ||
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) | President | Luis Alberto Moreno | Colombia | 2005–2020 | [133] |
International Monetary Fund | Managing Director | Christine Lagarde | France | 2011-2019 | [134] |
Islamic Development Bank (IDB) | President | Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Madani | Saudi Arabia | 1975–present | [135] |
World Bank | President | Robert Zoellick | United States | 2007–2012 | [136] |
Jim Yong Kim | 2012-2019 | [137] |
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