Tag: US candidate

• Tuesday, April 17th 2012 - 00:28 UTC

  US candidate Dr. Kim chosen World Bank president; takes office next July

  

  US nominee Jim Yong Kim has been chosen as the new president of the World Bank. The Korean-American health expert, president of Dartmouth College faced a strong challenge for the post, which has traditionally gone to an American, from Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.