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The Brazilian Ilan Goldfajn was elected president of the IDB

The Brazilian Ilan Goldfajn was elected president of the IDB

The Brazilian, former president of the Central Branch of his country, it gathered the support of 80.08% of the votes in the Assembly.

The support of the Biden administration was essential, since the US controls 30% of the bank’s voting shares, almost triple that of Argentina (11%), than Brazil (7%), which rank second and third. .

“For the first time in history, the IDB will be chaired by a Brazilian. Goldfajn has just been elected with 80% of the votes,” the Brazilian Ministry of Economy tweeted.

goldfajn will replace Mauricio Claver-Carone in the position, elected in 2020 and dismissed in September for having given favorable treatment to an employee with whom he had an intimate relationship. His tenure was marked by tensions with some of the governors, who are usually finance ministers or other economic authorities from the 48 member countries of the bank, and behind closed doors with part of the staff.

Source: Ambito

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