--- title: "Name the first woman chief economist of IMF, who will be the first woman Deputy Managing Director of IMF?" description: "Name the first woman chief economist of IMF, who will be the first woman Deputy Managing Director of IMF?" author: "Lily Chitlangiya" published: 2022-02-02 updated: 2022-02-02 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95409/name-the-first-woman-chief-economist-of-imf-who-will-be-the-first-woman-deputy-managing-director-of-imf category: "current affair" tags: ["chief economist", "current affair", "imf", "deputy managing director"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Name the first woman chief economist of IMF, who will be the first woman Deputy Managing Director of IMF? [Name the first woman](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38249/name-the-first-woman-captain-of-the-indian-merchant-navy-who-became-the-first-woman-in-the-world-to-receive-the-award-for-exceptional-bravery-at-sea-from-the-international-maritime-organisation-imo) [chief economist](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95462/who-will-replace-gita-gopinath-as-imf-s-new-chief-economist) of [IMF](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1322/bitcoin-issue-of-sovereignty-says-el-salvador-government-rejects-imf-call-to-drop-bitcoin-use), who will be the first woman Deputy [Managing Director](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38621/name-the-current-managing-director-of-international-monetary-fund-imf-who-was-been-re-elected-for-a-second-five-year-term) of IMF? \ ## Answers ### Answer by Stuti Gupta > **Gita Gopinath is the IMF's first female top economist and the organization's first female Deputy Managing Director.** \ Since January 21, 2022, [**Gita Gopinath**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gita_Gopinath#:~:text=Gita%20Gopinath%20(born%208%20December,of%20the%20International%20Monetary%20Fund.), an **Indian-American economist,** has served as the International Monetary Fund's First Deputy Managing Director, the organization's second-in-command. She served as the **International Monetary Fund's Chief Economist** from 2019 to 2022. She was the **Director of the IMF's Research Department** and the **Fund's [Economic](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93159/what-is-the-regional-comprehensive-economic-partnership-rcep) Counsellor** in that capacity. \ \ ![Name the first woman chief economist of IMF, who will be the first woman Deputy Managing Director of IMF?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/45d32f5e-d836-4a83-bfdb-262acb42b074/images/ef3720b7-967e-45c6-b681-67b33594c22c.jpeg)\ \ \ Before entering the IMF, Gopinath had a two-decade career as an academic, notably as the **John Zwaanstra Professor** of International Studies and Economics at Harvard University from 2005 and as an **Assistant Professor** at the Booth School of Business at the University of [**Chicago**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44248/what-are-some-helpful-tips-for-students-starting-their-first-year-at-university-of-chicago). She is also a co-director of the National Bureau of Economic Research's, International Finance and Macroeconomics department and formerly served as the Chief Minister of Kerala's Honorary Economic Adviser. \ Christine Lagarde, the IMF's Managing Director, named Gopinath as the organization's Chief Economist in October 2018. In a discussion with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show, she called the worldwide recession of 2020 'The Great Lockdown.' Kristalina Georgieva, the IMF's Managing Director, appointed her as the organization's First Managing Director in [**December**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95379/in-which-of-the-indian-state-hornbill-festival-is-celebrated-every-year-in-the-month-of-the-december) 2021. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95409/name-the-first-woman-chief-economist-of-imf-who-will-be-the-first-woman-deputy-managing-director-of-imf Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.