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Kristalina Georgieva

1953 - Today

Kristalina Georgieva

Kristalina Ivanova Georgieva-Kinova (Bulgarian: Кристалина Иванова Георгиева-Кинова; née Georgieva; born 13 August 1953) is a Bulgarian economist who has served as the 12th managing director of the International Monetary Fund since 2019. She is the first person from an emerging market economy to lead the institution. She began her career by teaching economics. Serving as European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid, and Crisis Response from 2010 to 2014, Georgieva directed EU resources to aid those affected by crises including the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kristalina Georgieva is the 142nd most popular economist (down from 100th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 36th in 2019) and the most popular Bulgarian Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Kristalina Georgieva ranks 142 out of 414. Before her are Rudolf Hilferding, Jeremy Rifkin, William Nordhaus, James Heckman, Alan Greenspan, and Adolph Wagner. After her are Carlo M. Cipolla, Robert J. Shiller, Paul Krugman, Ben Bernanke, Peter Diamond, and Tony Atkinson.

Most Popular Economists in Wikipedia

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Rudolf Hilferding
1877 - 1941
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 136
Jeremy Rifkin
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 137
William Nordhaus
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 138
James Heckman
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 139
Alan Greenspan
1926 - Present
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 140
Adolph Wagner
1835 - 1917
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 141
Kristalina Georgieva
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 142
Carlo M. Cipolla
1922 - 2000
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 143
Robert J. Shiller
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 144
Paul Krugman
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 145
Ben Bernanke
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 146
Peter Diamond
1940 - Present
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 147
Tony Atkinson
1944 - 2017
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 148

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Kristalina Georgieva ranks 72. Before her are Jean Tirole, Hans Krankl, Najib Razak, László Bölöni, James Foley, and Bill Pullman. After her are Paul Krugman, Claudio Gentile, Antonio Tajani, Ben Bernanke, Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia, and Alberto Zaccheroni.

Others Born in 1953

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Jean Tirole
ECONOMIST
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 66
Hans Krankl
SOCCER PLAYER
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 67
Najib Razak
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 68
László Bölöni
SOCCER PLAYER
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 69
James Foley
FILM DIRECTOR
1953 - 2025
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 70
Bill Pullman
ACTOR
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 71
Kristalina Georgieva
ECONOMIST
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 72
Paul Krugman
ECONOMIST
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 73
Claudio Gentile
SOCCER PLAYER
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 74
Antonio Tajani
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 75
Ben Bernanke
ECONOMIST
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 76
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia
NOBLEMAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 77
Alberto Zaccheroni
COACH
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 78