There was never a formal binding documents agreeing to the terms and conditions placing the office of the Director General of the International monetary fund's office in the hands of the Europeans. It never really was. The policy is a long standing "gentlemen’s agreement" under which the IMF managing director is a European and the World Bank president is an American. Although, voting is based on 'quotas' which has given larger rooms to larger economies such as the US and western Europe. France also continued their dominance when Christine emerged the 11th director general of international monetary fund, becoming the 5th director general France has produced since the inception of IMF
Madame Christine Lagarde, from France.
Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, from France.
Mr. Rodrigo de Rato, from Spain.
Mr. Horst Köhler, from Germany.
Michel Camdessus, from France.
Jacques de Larosière, from France.
H. Johannes Witteveen, from the Netherlands.
Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, from France.
Per Jacobsson, from Sweden.
Ivar Rooth, from Sweden.
Camille Gutt, from Belgium.
US military has deployed soldiers to Gabon amid fears of violent protests in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo in anticipation of . Donald Trump told Congress on Friday that the first of about 80 troops arrived in Gabon on Wednesday to protect US citizens and diplomatic facilities should violence break out in DRC’s capital Kinshasa Voters in Congo went to the polls on December 30, two years after they were first scheduled to be held, to elect the successor to President Joseph Kabila, who has been in power for 18 years. “The first of these personnel arrived in Gabon on January 2, 2019, with appropriate combat equipment and supported by military aircraft,” Trump’s letter to Congress read.“Additional forces may deploy to Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or the Republic of the Congo, if necessary for these purposes.” “These deployed personnel will remain in the region until the security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo becomes such that their presen
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