古沢副専務理事が退任へ　１１月末に任期満了―ＩＭＦ

　【ワシントン時事】国際通貨基金（ＩＭＦ）は２７日、古沢満宏副専務理事（６５）が１１月末で５年の任期を満了し、退任すると発表した。１９９７年以降、トップを支える副専務理事のアジア枠は日本人が務めており、日本政府が後任を送り込む公算が大きい。
　日本は米国に次ぐ第２位の出資国。元財務省財務官の古沢氏は２０１５年３月に副専務理事に就いた。ＩＭＦトップのゲオルギエワ専務理事は２７日の声明で「古沢氏は加盟国への貢献を第一に考えてきた」と、ＩＭＦの資金基盤強化などに取り組んだ功績をたたえた。（2021/10/28-08:09）

The International Monetary Fund said Wednesday that Deputy Managing Director Mitsuhiro Furusawa from Japan will retire at the end of his five-year term Nov. 30.
   Japan, the second-biggest shareholder of the IMF, is expected to send a person to fill the vacancy to be left by his retirement.
   Furusawa "has always put service to the membership first," Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in a statement. "He is well-known for making sure that the views of all member countries are given due attention."
   Furusawa, former Japanese vice minister of finance for international affairs, became IMF deputy managing director in March 2015.
   At the IMF, the top post of managing director has been customarily held by a European citizen and the No. 2 post of first deputy managing director by a U.S. citizen.