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Washington: The
World Bank announced Monday that Jim Yong Kim, the US candidate,
has been selected as the bank's new president.
Kim was favoured over Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala, who was supported by South Africa and other
developing countries, Xinhua reported.
"The executive directors selected Jim Yong Kim as president for a
five-year term beginning on July 1, 2012," the Washington-based
institution said in a statement.
Kim, a Korean-American public health expert and Dartmouth
University president, will succeed outgoing president Robert
Zoellick, whose term expires at the end of June.
A third candidate, former Colombian Minister of Finance Jose
Antonio Ocampo, pulled out of the race Friday.
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