【IMF's second-in-command Gita Gopinath will leave at the end of August】Golden Finance reported that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated in a press release that the organization's second-in-command, Gita Gopinath, will leave at the end of August to return to Harvard University. The IMF stated that its president, Kristalina Georgieva, will appoint Gopinath's successor "at the appropriate time." Gopinath joined the IMF in 2019, becoming the first female chief economist of the organization, and was promoted to first deputy managing director in January 2022. The U.S. Treasury did not immediately comment on this. The candidate for the IMF president is traditionally chosen by European countries, while the candidate for the first deputy managing director is recommended by the U.S. Treasury.