Masatsugu Asakawa elected ADB President

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Asia-Pacific

Masatsugu Asakawa has been unanimously elected President of the Asian Development Bank by its Board of Governors.

The 61-year-old, currently Special Advisor to Japan’s Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, will assume office as ADB's 10th President on 17 January 2020.

He will succeed Takehiko Nakao, who will leave office on 16 January 2020. Asakawa will finish the unexpired term of President Nakao, which ends on 23 November 2021.

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