The Inter-American Development Bank today announced the election of 13 members of the Board of Executive Directors by 45 country members of the Bank to serve during the period July 1, 1999, to June 30, 2002.
The executive director representing the United States is appointed.
Executive directors are responsible for the conduct of the operations of the Bank, exercising powers delegated to them by the institution's Board of Governors.
The Board will consist of the following members:
Canada - Guy A. Lavigueur
Argentina and Haiti - A. Humberto Petrei
Brazil and Suriname - Daniel Andrade Ribeiro de Oliveira
Dominican Republic and Mexico - Moisés A. Pineda
Panama and Venezuela - Adina Mercedes Bastidas Castillo
Colombia and Peru - Jorge F. Baca Campodónico
Chile and Ecuador- Mario Marcel
Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay - Raúl Boada
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua - Edgard A. Guerra
The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago - George L. Reid
Belgium, Germany, Israel, Italy, Switzerland and The Netherlands - Bruno Mangiatordi
Croatia, Japan, Portugal, Slovenia and United Kingdom - Toru Kodaki
Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Norway, Spain and Sweden - Alvaro Rengifo Abbad
United States - Lawrence Harrington