Former UN Ambassador Nikki
Haley and US President Donald Trump's daughter and adviser Ivanka are
among possible US candidates to replace outgoing World Bank President
Jim Yong Kim, The Financial Times reported Friday.
Since World
Bank President Jim Yong Kim announced he was cutting short his tenure,
Ivanka Trump (pictured January 2, 2019) has been suggested as a possible
replacement
Kim abruptly announced Monday he was cutting
short his tenure as the bank's president more than three years before
his second term was due to end.
In addition to Trump and Haley, who stepped
down as US Ambassador to the United Nations last month, other names
being floated include Treasury Undersecretary for International Affairs
David Malpass and Mark Green, head of the US Agency for International
Development, the newspaper reported.
Ivanka Trump in 2017 was the driving
force behind a $1 billion, Saudi-supported World Bank fund to promote
entrepreneurship by women.
The Treasury Department told AFP on Friday that it had no comment in potential candidates.
The department has received a "significant number of recommendations," a spokesperson said.
"We are beginning the internal review process
for a US nominee. We look forward to working with the governors to
select a new leader."
Under an unwritten agreement, the United
States, which is the bank's largest shareholder, has always chosen its
leader since the institution was founded following World War II.
But the success of a US candidate no longer appears completely assured.
Kim was the first American nominee to face a
contested election for the World Bank presidency in 2012 and the bank's
board has said its selection process will be "open, merit-based and
transparent," implying non-US candidates would not be ruled out.
The World Bank Board said Thursday it would
start accepting nominations for a new leader early next month and name a
replacement for Kim by mid-April.
Haley, Ivanka Trump among possible World Bank nominees
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