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  "title": "Press Release – New Mission Chief for Bulgaria",
  "publication": "IMF News, February 5, 2021",
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  "summary": "Press Release No. 21/32",
  "publishDate": "2021-02-05",
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      "heading": "Appointment details",
      "content": "- Press Release No. 21/32\n- Date: February 5, 2021\n- Appointment effective: Jean-François Dauphin appointed as European Department Mission Chief for Bulgaria as of February 1, 2021.\n- Predecessor: Mr. Jaewoo Lee (appointed as Chief of the Emerging Economies Unit of the IMF European Department)."
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      "heading": "Professional background of Jean-François Dauphin",
      "content": "- Current roles at the time of the release:\n  - Mission chief for Hungary.\n  - Appointed European Department Mission Chief for Bulgaria.\n- IMF experience:\n  - Worked on countries in North and Sub-Saharan Africa, Central America, and Eastern Europe.\n  - Contributed to developing IMF policies in the Strategy, Policy and Review Department.\n  - Most recently heading the Maghreb division of the IMF Middle East and Central Asia Department and mission chief for Algeria.\n- Prior experience outside the IMF:\n  - Worked in the private financial sector and Banque de France.\n  - Taught economics and statistics in France and in Rwanda."
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      "heading": "Media contact",
      "content": "- IMF Communications Department\n- MEDIA RELATIONS\n- PRESS OFFICER: David Sharrock\n- Phone: +1 202 623-7100\n- Email: MEDIA@IMF.org\n- Twitter: @IMFSpokesperson\n\nSource: Press Release No. 21/32, February 5, 2021, IMF Communications Department.\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- Algeria and the IMF\n- Bulgaria and the IMF\n- France and the IMF\n- Hungary and the IMF\n- Rwanda 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/2021/02/04/pr2132-bulgaria-new-mission-chief-for-bulgaria"
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    "Date: February 5, 2021",
    "Appointment effective: Jean-François Dauphin appointed as European Department Mission Chief for Bulgaria as of February 1, 2021.",
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