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  "title": "Kenji Okamura",
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  "summary": "Kenji Okamura Kenji Okamura Deputy Managing Director Mr.",
  "publishDate": "2022-04-04",
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      "heading": "Current position",
      "content": "- Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.\n- Assumed office as Deputy Managing Director on December 3, 2021."
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      "heading": "Previous senior roles in Japan",
      "content": "- Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan on International Economic Policies.\n- Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs from 2020-21, Japan’s highest civil servant position in international finance.\n  - Oversaw all international finance work of the Ministry of Finance.\n  - Participated in IMFC, G7, G20, ASEAN + 3, and other meetings, representing Japan as the Finance Minister’s Deputy.\n- Director-General of the International Bureau in the Ministry of Finance.\n- Deputy Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency."
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      "content": "- Vice Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee at the OECD.\n- IDA Deputy at the World Bank for the successful IDA18 replenishment."
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      "heading": "Education",
      "content": "- Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Tokyo.\n- Master of Public Policy degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University."
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