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Makhtar Diop | |
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 Diop in 2021 | |
| Managing Director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) | |
| Assumed office 01 March 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Philippe Le Houérou (de) |
| Vice President of the World Bank for Infrastructure | |
| In office 01 July 2018 –01 March 2021 | |
| President | David Malpass Jim Yong Kim |
| Succeeded by | Riccardo Puliti |
| Vice President of the World Bank for Africa | |
| In office 01 March 2012 –01 July 2018 | |
| President | Jim Yong Kim Robert Zoellick |
| Preceded by | Oby Ezekwesili |
| Succeeded by | Hafez Ghanem |
| Minister of Economy and Finance | |
| In office 05 April 2000 –12 May 2001 | |
| President | Abdoulaye Wade |
| Prime Minister | Moustapha Niasse |
| Preceded by | Moustapha Diagne (fr) |
| Succeeded by | Mamadou Seck |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Senegal |
| Alma mater | University of Warwick University of Nottingham |
| Occupation | Economist |
Makhtar Diop (born June 27,1960) is a Senegalese economist and public official. He is currently the Managing Director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), [1] [2] the largest development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets and developing economies. He is the first African to hold this position. [3] [4] [5] [6] Before his appointment at the IFC,Diop had a series of senior leadership roles at the World Bank [7] [2] and served as Senegal’s Minister of Finance and Economy from 2000 to 2001. [8]