As news of IMF goes up people want to find out who the current IMF president is.
Let’s learn briefly about IMF as we find out who the current President is.
With its headquarters in Washington, D.C., the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a global organization comprising 190 nations.
According to its mission statement, the organization strives to “encourage global monetary cooperation, ensure financial stability, enable international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and alleviate poverty worldwide.”
Initiated at the Bretton Woods Conference on December 27, 1945, and principally based on the theories of Harry Dexter White and John Maynard Keynes,
With 29 members and the intention of rebuilding the global monetary system, it officially began operations in 1945.
Who is the current president of the IMF?
IMF does not have a president but rather Kristalina Georgieva, an economist from Bulgaria, has been serving as the IMF’s managing director (MD) and chairwoman since October 1, 2019.
Georgieva came from a family of officials and was born in Sofia.
Her grandfather, Ivan Karshovski, was a well-known Bulgarian rebel, and her father was a civil engineer who oversaw government road construction projects.
