World Bank Statement on its Vice President for Africa

WASHINGTON, January 17, 2012 - The World Bank today announced the appointment of Makhtar Diop, a Senegalese national, as its new Vice President for Africa. He succeeds Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili who will return to Nigeria in early May after serving as the region’s Vice President since 2007.   Diop, the World Bank’s Country Director for Brazil since 2009, will