IMF Managing Director will visit Georgia tomorrow
Christine Lagarde is the eleventh Managing Director of the IMF and the first woman to hold that position. Photo: Martin Bureau/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
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The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde will pay a working visit to Georgia on May 19-21.
Lagarde will meet with Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze on Monday. The meeting will be followed by a joint press briefing.
During her visit Lagarde will also meet with President Salome Zurabishvili and President of the National Bank Koba Gvenetadze.
- On July 5, 2011, Christine Lagarde became the eleventh Managing Director of the IMF and the first woman to hold that position;
- Having served her first five-year term, Lagarde was re-appointed in July 2016 for a second term.
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