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Viewing cable 08CAIRO1021, EGYPTIAN CANDIDATE FOR CHAIR OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08CAIRO1021 2008-05-21 07:47 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Cairo 
VZCZCXYZ0001
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHEG #1021 1420747
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 210747Z MAY 08
FM AMEMBASSY CAIRO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 9289
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
 
UNCLAS CAIRO 001021 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ELA, NEA/RA AND EEB/IDF 
TREASURY FOR SOBEL AND BAUKOL 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: ECON EFIN EG
SUBJECT:  EGYPTIAN CANDIDATE FOR CHAIR OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY 
AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE 
 
 
Sensitive but unclassified.  Please handle accordingly. 
 
1. (SBU) In a May 8 meeting, Finance Minister Boutros Ghali informed 
the Ambassador of his candidacy for Chair of the IMF's Monetary and 
Financial Committee and asked for U.S. support.  The Ambassador told 
the Minister she was not the decision maker on this, but 
congratulated him for throwing in his hat and said she would make 
sure that Washington considered his candidacy seriously. 
 
2. (SBU) Boutros Ghali's qualifications and skills are well known in 
Washington.  We urge that he be given due consideration in the 
decision process.  As a former IMF staffer and an outspoken champion 
of economic reform, he has labored in difficult situations in Egypt 
for a long time, and under the current administration has finally 
been more able to reap some positive results. 
 
SCOBEY