President Trump's daughter is a candidate for World Bank President?

US President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka. Photo: The Independent

According to The Financial Times on January 11, in addition to Ivanka Trump, another potential candidate for the position of World Bank President is former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley. In addition, figures under consideration include US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury David Malpass and Director of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Mark Green.

Meanwhile, the French news agency AFP reported that the US Treasury Department has not yet responded to information related to the candidate for the position of World Bank president. A spokesman for the US Treasury Department only said that it has received a number of nominations.

Previously, WB President Jim Yong Kim suddenly announced his resignation on January 7 while still having 3 years left in his term.

In 2017, Ivanka Trump contributed a lot to promote raising 1 billion USD for WB to support women in business.

The United States is one of the World Bank's largest donors and is given the right to choose the leader of the financial institution established after World War II.

The World Bank said on January 10 that it will accept nominations for the position of president from early February and is expected to announce the final choice to replace Mr. Jim Yong Kim from mid-April.

Since its founding, the World Bank's president has always been an American citizen, but President Barack Obama broke with this tradition in 2012 when he appointed Jim Yong Kim, who was born in Seoul, South Korea, to serve as president.