Kristalina Georgieva, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Kristalina Georgieva

Bulgarian economist and CEO

Date of Birth: 13-Aug-1953

Place of Birth: Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Profession: politician, economist, chief executive officer, university teacher

Nationality: Bulgaria

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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About Kristalina Georgieva

  • Kristalina Ivanova Georgieva-Kinova (Bulgarian: ?????????? ??????? ?????????-??????; born 13 August 1953) is a Bulgarian economist, who is the managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
  • She worked as chief executive of the World Bank from January 2017 to 1 October 2019.
  • She served as Acting President of the World Bank Group from 1 February 2019 to 8 April 2019.
  • She previously served as Vice-President of the European Commission under Jean-Claude Juncker from 2014 to 2016.From 1993 to 2010, she served in a number of positions in the World Bank Group, eventually rising to become its vice president and corporate secretary in March 2008.
  • She has also served as a member of the board of trustees and associated professor in the economics department of the University of National and World Economy in Bulgaria.
  • On 27 September 2016, the Bulgarian government nominated Kristalina Georgieva for the post of United Nations Secretary-General.
  • Her short run secretary-general at the UN ended following a vote at the UN Security Council on 5 October, where Georgieva ranked number eight out of ten candidates.
  • In the same vote, António Guterres got the support of the Security Council for the post of UN Secretary-General.
  • On 28 October, the World Bank announced that Georgieva would become the first CEO of the bank starting on 2 January 2017.
  • On 29 September 2019 Georgieva was named the next managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
  • She was the only nominee for the job and is a first person from the emerging country to hold this office.Georgieva was named "European of the Year" in 2010 and "EU Commissioner of the Year" as an acknowledgment of her work, in particular, her handling of the humanitarian disasters in Haiti and Pakistan.

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