The IDB elects the American Mauricio Claver-Carone as its new president
The lawyer of Cuban origin received 23 regional votes and 66.8% of the support, according to sources from the White House Security Council
The Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) elected this Saturday, September 12, as the new president of the institution, the American Mauricio Claver-Carone, who will become the first non-Latin American leader in the history of the multilateral organization.
In a closed-door vote and by electronic means, the governors elected Claver-Carone, the only candidate left on the list and who is currently an advisor to US President Donald Trump, for a five-year term that will begin on the next October 1st, the IDB reported in a statement.
“This is a victory for Latin America and the Caribbean,” Claver-Carone said in a statement shortly after his election. Thus, he will become the first US president of the IDB in its 61-year history.
The lawyer of Cuban origin received 23 regional votes and 66.8% of the support, indicated sources from the National Security Council of the White House, where Claver-Carone still holds the position of director for Latin America.
La Asamblea de Gobernadores del BID eligió a Mauricio J. Claver-Carone como Presidente por un período de cinco años que comienza el 1 de octubre de 2020. https://t.co/wH7aPK8auG pic.twitter.com/5J1uTgJLUP
— Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (@el_BID) September 12, 2020
Taken and with information from El Sumario
