Antoinette Sayeh | |
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| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 2006–2008 | |
| President | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf |
| Preceded by | Lusine Kamara |
| Succeeded by | Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 July 1958 Monrovia, Liberia |
| Nationality | Liberian |
| Alma mater | Swarthmore College The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy |
| Occupation | Economist |
Antoinette Monsio Sayeh (born 12 July 1958 in Monrovia, Liberia) is a Liberian economist and Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Sayeh served as the Director of the African Department at the IMF from July 14, 2008 to August 31, 2016.[1] She also was a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development.[2]
Prior to her term at the IMF, she served from 2006 to 2008 as Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Sayeh was the second woman in Liberia's history to hold that position, the first being Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
Sayeh is a graduate of Swarthmore College and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, where she received her MA and Ph.D in International Economic Relations. Sayeh has also worked for the World Bank as country director for Benin, Niger, and Togo and worked on public finance management and civil service reform in Pakistan. According to the BBC, Sayeh "delighted international financial institutions" as Liberia's Minister of Finance.[3]
From 2007, Sayeh was a member of the World Bank Group’s High Level Advisory Council on Women's Economic Empowerment, which was chaired by Danny Leipziger and Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul.[4]
References
- ^ Press Release: Antoinette Sayeh, Director of the African Department, to Retire from the Fund International Monetary Fund, June 8, 2016.
- ^ "IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva Proposes the Appointment of Antoinette Sayeh as Deputy Managing Director". IMF. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ Liberian cabinet posts announced BBC News, 17 January 2006
- ^ The World Bank Group Advisory Council on Women’s Economic Empowerment World Bank Group, Gender Equality as Smart Economics newsletter, March 2008.