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Jim Yong Kim
Korean-American physician and anthropologist, 12th President of the World Bank / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jim Yong Kim (Hangul: 짐용김; born December 8, 1959), also known as Kim Yong (Hangul: 김용/金墉), is a Korean-American physician and anthropologist. He was born in Seoul. He was the 12th President of the World Bank from 2012 to 2019.
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On January 7, 2019, he announced that he would be stepping down and left office a month later on February 1.[1]