How Jeleva was forced out

By Simon Taylor - 21.01.2010 / 05:16 CET

Simon Taylor assesses the events that led to the eventual withdrawal of Rumiana Jeleva from the list of candidates for the next European Commission.

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The replacement

Kristalina Georgieva, whom Bulgaria has nominated as its replacement for Rumiana Jeleva, is currently a vice-president of the World Bank with responsibility for the strategy and operation of its Sustainable Development Network.

Georgieva, who is 56, joined the World Bank in 1993 after an international career as an academic and consultant on development issues. At the bank, she has worked primarily on environmental matters and issues of sustainable development in central and eastern Europe, eastern Asia and the Pacific. She was director for the environment in 2000-04, responsible for strategy and the management of a loan portfolio totalling more than $11 billion (€7.7bn). She was the bank's Russia director in 2004-07.