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Jim Yong Kim

Politician

Jim Yong Kim is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Jim Kim Yong · Jim Yong Kim · Τζιμ Γιονγκ Κιμ · Джим Ён Ким · Джим Йон Ким · 12 more...				[sources]
Alias	Gim Yong · H.E. Jim Yong Kim · Jong Kim · Kim Yong · Yong Kim · 2 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	キム・ヨン · 金勇 · 金永吉 · 金辰勇 · 짐용김				[sources]
Birth date	1959-12-08				[sources]
Place of birth	Seoul				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States · Global				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Jim				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q313297				[sources]
Position	President of the World Bank Group				[sources]
Education	Brown University · Doctor of Philosophy · Harvard Medical School · Harvard University · Muscatine High School · 1 more...				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

Korean-American physician and anthropologist, 12th President of the World Bank

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Younsook Lim Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President of the World Bank Group	2012-07-01	2019-04-04
President of the World Bank Group	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,135

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,581

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Wikidata386,955

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions515,984

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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