Headquartered in Washington, the World Bank Group (hereinafter referred to as the World Bank) announced on the 16th, Kim Yong, the Korean American medical experts nominated by U.S. President Barack Obama will take over from retiring the end of June, the incumbent President Robert Zo? lick, World Bank12 of Governors.

Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank said in a statement the same day this year is the first time in a number of candidates run for governor a history of the World Bank, a number of candidates involved in making of the future direction of the role of World Bank president and the World Bank become more abundant. Kim Yong term of five years is from July 1, 2012 as World Bank president.

The United States, the World Bank's largest shareholder, since the Bank was formally established in 1945, the post of governor has been served by the U.S. President’s nominations. This year, developing countries put forward their own candidates for the first time, posed a challenge to the stereotypes of this unwritten.

Candidate to run the World Bank president this year, Nigeria Finance Minister NgoziOkondo Joe - Yiwei La and former Minister of Finance of Colombia José Antonio campo. Ocampo announced on the 13th to withdraw his candidature in favor of of Okondo Joe - Yiwei La. World Bank Board of Executive Directors last week, three candidates were interviewed.

Kim Yong was born in 1959 in Seoul, South Korea, the 5-year-old with his family emigrated to the United States, Iowa governor in the United States; the latter received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Kim Yong is a non-profit health partner organization, co-founder and previously served as professor of medicine at Harvard University, also a former World Health Organization Director-General of consultants and the World Health Organization HIV / AIDS Department. Kim Yong is as president of Dartmouth College, USA in July 2009.

Zo? lick issued a statement that day, said Kim Yong has experience of working in developing countries, as the person in charge of operations Dartmouth College this large organization, you also need to take the difficult management and financial choices, his performance-based spirit will drive World Bank to better assist Member States to carry out poverty reduction.