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How many of them were born in Europe?",[98],"uk 0.75",[100],"uk 0.37","All 12 of the managing directors of the IMF were born in Europe.","Imagine if all 12 had come from China. Would you call that an “International” Monetary Fund?","They don’t realize the so-called “International” Monetary Fund has only had European-born leaders.","Source: IMF","The current managing director of the IMF is Kristalina Georgieva, from Bulgaria. Of the previous 11 managing directors, five have been from France, two from Sweden and one each from the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium and Germany.\n\n[1]  [IMF - List of managing directors](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.imf.org\u002Fen\u002FAbout\u002Fsenior-officials\u002Fmanaging-directors)  \n[2]  We consulted three independent experts for this question, including Jan Aart Scholte of Leiden University","Instead of picking the leader with the strongest merits, the IMF picks a European every time. Why? It’s not a coincidence that every head of the IMF has been from Europe, just like all the heads of the World Bank have been from the USA. This is an unwritten agreement that has been followed for 75 years, but that doesn’t mean it should always be that way.\n\nThe IMF has done some valuable work since it was formed at the end of the Second World War. It has helped countries avoid dire financial crises, and saved nations from completely collapsing under debt. But the world has changed since then, and most countries have modernized. It’s high time for the IMF to modernize and abandon the habit of Eurocentric leadership. It is time for the “I” in IMF to become truly “International”!\n\n### Why is it a problem that people are wrong about this?\nIf people think the IMF is already representing the global economy in a non-biased way, they won’t realize that change is needed. They can’t understand that the complaints from countries outside Europe are actually valid, and if those complaints are not taken seriously they will eventually lead to the IMF losing its role as the global coordinator of currencies, which we all need for financial stability.\n\n### Why are people wrong about this?\nWe have seen other big, important international organizations like the UN have leaders from non-European and North American countries and they probably assume that has been the case also for the IMF.\n\n### Find out more\n\n[Here](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.imf.org\u002Fen\u002FAbout\u002Fsenior-officials\u002Fmanaging-directors) is the list of the 12 managing directors of the IMF. In Gapminder’s bubble graph you can see just how much the world has modernized since the IMF was formed in 1945. \n\nAll [countries have become richer and life expectancy](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gapminder.org\u002Ftools\u002F) which shows why Europe is no longer the “natural” leader of the international monetary system.\n","12 out of 12 is not a coincidence"]