President of the World Bank Group

The president of the World Bank Group is the head of World Bank Group.

List of World Bank Group presidents
 Status

# Portrait Name  Term Nationality Background Notes 1 80px  June 18, 1946 – December 18, 1946  Investor and publisher of The Washington Post;  Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve First World Bank Group president 2 80px  March 17, 1947 – June 30, 1949  U.S. Assistant Secretary of War during World War II First World Bank Group president with military background 3 80px  July 1, 1949 – December 31, 1962  Bank executive with Chase Manhattan Bank;  Executive Director of the World Bank 4 80px    January 1, 1963 – March 31, 1968  Investment banker and bank executive with First Boston Corporation 5 80px  April 1, 1968 – June 30, 1981  Business executive with Ford Motor Company;  U.S. Secretary of Defense in both the John F. Kennedy administration and Lyndon B. Johnson administration 6 80px  July 1, 1981 – June 30, 1986  President and CEO with Bank of America 7 80px  July 1, 1986 – August 31, 1991  U.S. Representative from New York First World Bank Group president without business background 8 80px  September 1, 1991 – May 4, 1995  Bank executive with J.P. Morgan & Co. First Word Bank Group president to die in office  Preston had been on medical leave from his position since February 1995 and had intended to formally retire from the Bank at the end of May of the same year. Ernest Stern was appointed interim World Bank Group president in his absence.– 80px  February 1, 1995 – May 31, 1995  Managing Director of the World Bank;  Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) First interim World Bank Group president born outside United States  First World Bank Group president born in Europe  First World Bank Group president from Germany 9 80px   June 1, 1995 – May 31, 2005  Corporate lawyer and investment banker First permanent World Bank Group president born outside United States  First World Bank Group president born in Oceania  First World Bank Group president from Australia 10 80px  June 1, 2005 – June 30, 2007  U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush administration 11 80px   July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2012  Bank executive with Goldman Sachs;  U.S. Deputy Secretary of State and U.S. Trade Representative in the George W. Bush administration  12 80px  July 1, 2012 – February 1, 2019  Physician, anthropologist and co-founder of Partners in Health;  President of Dartmouth College First person of color to serve as World Bank Group president  First World Bank Group president born in Asia  First World Bank Group president from South Korea– 80px  February 1, 2019 – April 8, 2019  CEO of the World Bank;  Vice-President of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources in the Juncker Commission,  European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response in the Barroso Commission First woman to serve as interim World Bank Group president  First World Bank Group president from European Union, from former Eastern Bloc, and from Bulgaria 13 80px  April 9, 2019–June 1, 2023  Chief Economist at Bear Stearns;  U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs in the Donald Trump administration  14   June 2, 2023–present  Vice Chairman at General Atlantic; President and CEO of Mastercard  First World Bank Group president born in South Asia  First World Bank Group president from India References:

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