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  "title": "Press Release: IMF Names Saleh Nsouli as New Director of the Offices in Europe",
  "publication": "IMF News, March 28, 2005",
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  "summary": "Press Release No. 05/66",
  "publishDate": "2005-03-28",
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      "heading": "Appointment details",
      "content": "- Press Release No. 05/66\n- Date: March 28, 2005\n- Appointing official: Ms. Anne Krueger, Acting Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)\n- Appointee: Saleh Nsouli, a national of United States\n- New position: Director of the IMF's Offices in Europe\n- Incumbent to be succeeded: Flemming Larsen\n- Current position at time of appointment: deputy director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department"
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      "heading": "Professional background and education",
      "content": "- Joined the IMF in 1973\n- Has held senior positions within the African, Middle East and Central Asia, Policy Development and Review, and Research Departments, as well as in the IMF Institute\n- Education:\n  - Graduated in Economics at the American University in Beirut\n  - M.A. and PhD degrees in economics at Vanderbilt University"
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      "heading": "Role and network of the Offices in Europe",
      "content": "- Main IMF office in Europe is situated in Paris\n- Other offices in Europe: Brussels and Geneva\n- Functions of the Offices in Europe:\n  - Maintain a dialogue with non-governmental organizations and other audiences in Europe\n  - Serve as a liaison for the IMF in Europe by maintaining close contact with:\n    - the institutions of the European Union\n    - international and regional institutions such as the OECD, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), and the Group of 10\n\nInternational Monetary Fund\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- United States and the IMF\n- Press Releases\n- PRESS CENTER\n- https://www.imf.org/en/home\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2015/09/14/01/49/pr0566"
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    "Date: March 28, 2005",
    "Appointing official: Ms. Anne Krueger, Acting Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)",
    "Appointee: Saleh Nsouli, a national of United States",
    "New position: Director of the IMF's Offices in Europe",
    "Incumbent to be succeeded: Flemming Larsen",
    "Current position at time of appointment: deputy director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department",
    "Joined the IMF in 1973",
    "Has held senior positions within the African, Middle East and Central Asia, Policy Development and Review, and Research Departments, as well as in the IMF Institute",
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    "Main IMF office in Europe is situated in Paris",
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