BRUSSELS, July 26 (Reuters) - European Union governments are working to select one European candidate from a list of five names to succeed Christine Lagarde at the helm of the International Monetary Fund, a French official said on Friday.
The official said the candidates that EU states are considering are Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch former head of euro zone finance ministers; Nadia Calvino, the Spanish economy minister; Mario Centeno, the Portuguese chairman of euro zone finance ministers; Olli Rehn, the Finnish central bank governor; and Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva, the chief executive of the World Bank.
France is leading the selection process for a European candidate. (Reporting by Francesco Guarascio @fraguarascio; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
