President of the World Bank Group explained

Post:President
Body:World Bank Group
Insignia:World Bank logo.svg
Insigniacaption:World Bank logo
Incumbent:Ajay Banga
Incumbentsince:June 2, 2023
Termlength:Five years, renewable

The president of the World Bank Group is the head of World Bank Group. The president is responsible for chairing the meetings of the boards of directors and for overall management of the World Bank Group.

The nominee is subject to confirmation by the Board of Executive Directors, to serve for a five-year, renewable term. Traditionally, the World Bank Group president has always been an American citizen nominated by the United States, the Bank's largest shareholder, and the IMF's managing director has been a European citizen.[1] While most World Bank Group presidents have had economic experience, some have not.[2]

The fourteenth and current World Bank Group president is Ajay Banga, who was selected on May 3 and began his term on June 2, 2023.[3]

List of World Bank Group presidents

Status
PortraitName TermNationalityBackgroundNotes
1June 18, 1946 – December 18, 1946Investor and publisher of The Washington Post;
Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve
First World Bank Group president
2March 17, 1947 – June 30, 1949U.S. Assistant Secretary of War during World War IIFirst World Bank Group president with military background
3July 1, 1949 – December 31, 1962Bank executive with Chase Manhattan Bank;
Executive Director of the World Bank
4January 1, 1963 – March 31, 1968Investment banker and bank executive with First Boston Corporation
5April 1, 1968 – June 30, 1981Business executive with Ford Motor Company;
U.S. Secretary of Defense in both the John F. Kennedy administration and Lyndon B. Johnson administration
6July 1, 1981 – June 30, 1986President and CEO with Bank of America
7July 1, 1986 – August 31, 1991U.S. Representative from New YorkFirst World Bank Group president without business background
8September 1, 1991 – May 4, 1995Bank executive with J.P. Morgan & Co.First Word Bank Group president to die in office
Preston had been on medical leave from his position since February 1995 and had intended to formally retire from the Bank at the end of May of the same year.[4] Ernest Stern was appointed interim World Bank Group president in his absence.[5]


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February 1, 1995 – May 31, 1995Managing Director of the World Bank;
Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
First interim World Bank Group president born outside United States
First World Bank Group president born in Europe
First World Bank Group president from Germany
9June 1, 1995 – May 31, 2005Corporate lawyer and investment bankerFirst permanent World Bank Group president born outside United States
First World Bank Group president born in Oceania
First World Bank Group president from Australia
10June 1, 2005 – June 30, 2007U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush administration
11July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2012
12July 1, 2012 – February 1, 2019Physician, anthropologist and co-founder of Partners in Health;
President of Dartmouth College
First person of color to serve as World Bank Group president
First World Bank Group president born in Asia
First World Bank Group president from South Korea


[7]
February 1, 2019 – April 8, 2019CEO of the World Bank;
Vice-President of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources in the Juncker Commission,
European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response in the Barroso Commission
First woman to serve as interim World Bank Group president
First World Bank Group president from European Union, from former Eastern Bloc, and from Bulgaria
13April 9, 2019–June 1, 2023
14June 2, 2023–presentFirst World Bank Group president born in South Asia
First World Bank Group president from India
References:[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Weiss . Martin A. . February 8, 2019 . Selecting the World Bank President . Congressional Research Service . 2 . September 20, 2021 . According to an informal agreement among World Bank member countries, a U.S. candidate is chosen as the president of the World Bank and a European candidate (typically French or German) is appointed as the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). . October 11, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211011120126/https://sgp.fas.org/crs/row/R42463.pdf . live.
  2. Web site: Why Jim Yong Kim would make a great World Bank president . Hurlburt . Heather . March 23, 2012 . The Guardian . https://web.archive.org/web/20221021034530/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/23/jim-yong-kim-world-bank-president . October 21, 2022 . live. March 24, 2012.
  3. . Ajay Banga Selected 14th President of the World Bank. live . Washington, D.C. . World Bank Group . May 3, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514221639/https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2023/05/03/ajay-banga-selected-14th-president-of-the-world-bank . May 14, 2023 . May 4, 2023.
  4. Web site: World Bank President Lewis Preston Dies . Briscoe . David . May 6, 1995 . Associated Press . https://web.archive.org/web/20230325195023/https://apnews.com/article/0a4bef17ce8692b4902a974beedf9a5a . March 25, 2023 . live . February 21, 2023.
  5. News: Lewis . Paul . February 13, 1995 . A Tight Race to Head the World Bank . live . The New York Times . https://web.archive.org/web/20150526143139/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/13/business/a-tight-race-to-head-the-world-bank.html . May 26, 2015 . February 21, 2023.
  6. News: Wolf . Martin . June 27, 2019 . Ernest Stern, economist, 1933-2019 . live . Financial Times . https://archive.today/20190627151648/https://www.ft.com/content/5b0c17f6-975d-11e9-9573-ee5cbb98ed36 . June 27, 2019 . June 28, 2019.
  7. . World Bank Group President Kim to Step Down February 1 . live . Washington, D.C. . World Bank Group . January 7, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190107181201/https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2019/01/07/world-bank-group-president-kim-to-step-down-february-1 . January 7, 2019 . January 8, 2019.
  8. Web site: Past Presidents. World Bank Group Archives, World Bank Group . Washington, D.C. . January 20, 2023.