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  "title": "Changyong Rhee",
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  "summary": "Changyong Rhee was the Director of the Asia and Pacific Department at the IMF, where he oversaw the Fund’s work on the region, including its lending operations and bilateral and multilateral surveillance of economies ranging from China, Japan, and India to the Pacific Islands.",
  "publishDate": "2021-01-21",
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    {
      "heading": "Role at the International Monetary Fund",
      "content": "- Director of the Asia and Pacific Department (February 2014 - April 2022).\n- Oversaw the Fund’s work on the region, including:\n  - lending operations; and\n  - bilateral and multilateral surveillance of economies ranging from China, Japan, and India to the Pacific Islands."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Prior positions and public service",
      "content": "- Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).\n- Secretary General and Sherpa of the Presidential Committee for the 2010 G-20 Seoul Summit.\n- Vice Chairman of the Financial Services Commission (FSC).\n- Chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission of Korea.\n- Professor of economics at Seoul National University and the University of Rochester.\n- Frequent policy advisor to the Government of Korea, including roles in:\n  - the Office of the President;\n  - the Ministry of Finance and Economy;\n  - the Bank of Korea; and\n  - the Korea Securities Depository."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Research, publications, and education",
      "content": "- Published widely in the fields of macroeconomics, financial economics, and on the Korean economy.\n- Education:\n  - Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.\n  - Undergraduate honors degree in economics from Seoul National University."
    }
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    "Director of the Asia and Pacific Department (February 2014 - April 2022).",
    "Oversaw the Fund’s work on the region, including:",
    "Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).",
    "Secretary General and Sherpa of the Presidential Committee for the 2010 G-20 Seoul Summit.",
    "Vice Chairman of the Financial Services Commission (FSC).",
    "Chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission of Korea.",
    "Professor of economics at Seoul National University and the University of Rochester.",
    "Frequent policy advisor to the Government of Korea, including roles in:",
    "Published widely in the fields of macroeconomics, financial economics, and on the Korean economy.",
    "Education:"
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