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President Barack Obama has chosen Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank, a senior administration official confirmed Friday.
Kim, a longtime public health expert and advocate, is a somewhat unorthodox choice to head the global financial institution. His name had not been among those that had been floated publicly since current bank president Robert Zoellick announced in February that he would be stepping down.