Antoinette Sayeh

Antoinette Monsio Sayeh (born 12 July 1958 in Monrovia, Liberia) is a Liberian economist and Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Sayeh served as the Director of the African Department at the IMF from July 14, 2008 to August 31, 2016.[1] She also was a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development.[2]

Antoinette Sayeh
Minister of Finance
In office
2006–2008
PresidentEllen Johnson Sirleaf
Preceded byLusine Kamara
Succeeded byAugustine Kpehe Ngafuan
Personal details
Born (1958-07-12) 12 July 1958
Monrovia, Liberia
NationalityLiberian
Alma materSwarthmore College
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
OccupationEconomist

Prior to her term at the IMF, she served from 2006 to 2008 as Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Sayeh was the second woman in Liberia's history to hold that position, the first being Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

Sayeh is a graduate of Swarthmore College and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, where she received her MA and Ph.D in International Economic Relations. Sayeh has also worked for the World Bank as country director for Benin, Niger, and Togo and worked on public finance management and civil service reform in Pakistan. According to the BBC, Sayeh "delighted international financial institutions" as Liberia's Minister of Finance.[3]

From 2007, Sayeh was a member of the World Bank Group’s High Level Advisory Council on Women's Economic Empowerment, which was chaired by Danny Leipziger and Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul.[4]

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