Brazilian Ilan Goldfein elected new president of Inter-American Development Bank

Brazilian Ilan Goldfein there will be a new president Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), confirmed the establishment this Sunday with ample support from the organization’s Board of Governors.

Finance ministers and other economic authorities of the 48 member countries IDB They backed the Brazilian with an overwhelming majority two months after the controversial exit of Cuban-American Mauricio Claver-Carone.

Through a statement IDB He explained that the vote was taken at a meeting held at the bank’s headquarters in Washington, with virtual or in-person assistance from delegations.

Ilan Goldfein and the Assembly set a date for the commencement of his functions as President for 19 December. There will be a “transition period” that will include the current president, Queen Irene Mejia of Honduras, who succeeded Claver-Carone after he was expelled from the institution.

Although the results of the vote were not made public, as he may have learned EFEGoldfein secured the support of at least 80% of the participants in the Assembly of Governors.

It was already revealed this morning that he was the favorite after Argentina announced the removal of its candidate Cecilia Todesca and its support for the Brazilian in a coalition also formed by the United States and Canada.

Ilan Goldfeinthe former Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil and still head of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will succeed the Cuban-American Mauricio Claver-Carone, who was expelled from the organization for an affair with a subordinate, the one who raised his salary several times.

“I’m not saying he’s a bad candidate”

He was one of the first candidates put forward, and although he started out as the favorite, his candidacy – at the hands of Jair Bolsonaro – has been overshadowed by statements from former Brazilian minister Guido Mantega, who is involved in the transition of President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

“I am not saying that he is a bad candidate, but Bolsonaro tried to make another coup, to put before the fact and nominate the President IDB wrong They didn’t negotiate with Argentina, Peru, Colombia or Uruguay. They just nominated a candidate,” said the former minister, who even acknowledged attempts to delay the election.

Despite this, Ilan Goldfein He always maintained his political impartiality and assured that he had the support of the country, despite the fact that Lula da Silva did not give it to him publicly.

“I can assure you that everyone to whom I showed my offer in Brazil supports me and that there is not a single objection,” he said at a public event a few days ago.

After the departure of Todeschi, three candidates fought with the Brazilian: the former Minister of Finance and Education of Chile, Nicolas Eizagirre; Gerardo Esquivel, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Mexico (Banxico) and on behalf of Trinidad and Tobago Gerard Johnson, Former Officer IDB who now serves as a consultant to the Jamaican Ministry of Finance.

Goldfein will take office for a five-year term and, as president, “will manage the operations and administration of the Bank, which works with the public sector in Latin America and the Caribbean.” IDB.

In addition, the statement said, he will chair the executive board IDBexecutive board IDB Invest (which works with the private sector in the region) and the Donor Committee IDB Lab, a laboratory for development and innovation projects.

(As reported by EFE)