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Meyer published The Washington Post from 1933 to 1946, and the paper stayed in his family throughout the rest of the 20th century. He was the first president of the World Bank Group from June to December 1946. His daughter, Katharine "Kay" Graham, took the Post over in 1963 and remained its titular head until her death in 2001.
Managing Director of the World Bank; Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) First interim World Bank Group president born outside United States First World Bank Group president born in Europe First World Bank Group president from Germany: 9 James Wolfensohn: June 1, 1995 – May 31, 2005 United States [a]
In 1946, when Washington Post publisher Eugene Meyer was named the first president of the World Bank, he passed the position of publisher to Graham.When Meyer left the World Bank later that year, he took the title of chairman of the board of the Washington Post Company, leaving Graham as publisher.
The World Bank has regularly failed to live up to its own policies for protecting people harmed by projects it finances. The World Bank and its private-sector lending arm, the International Finance Corp., have financed governments and companies accused of human rights violations such as rape, murder and torture.
From March 1947 to June 1949, McCloy served as the second president of the World Bank. At the time of his appointment, the World Bank was a new entity, having only been manned by one previous president, Eugene Meyer, who resigned six months into his tenure over disputes with the bank's executive directors.
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