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Board of Governors
Updated: 20 November 2008

Article 28 of the ADB Charter vests all the powers of the institution in the Board of Governors, which in turn delegates these powers to the Board of Directors, except for those powers reserved for the Board of Governors in the Charter.

The Board of Governors meets formally once a year in ADB's Annual Meeting.

The 67 members of the ADB Board of Governors (48 from the Asia-Pacific and 19 from outside the region) are as follows.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati
(Chair)

Susan Ulbæk
(Vice Chair)

Nika Gilauri
(Vice Chair)

Member Governor Alternate Governor
Afghanistan Anwar Ul-Haq Ahady Wahidullah Shahrani
Armenia Nerses Yeritsyan Vahram Ghushchyan
Australia Wayne Swan, MP Bob McMullan, MP
Austria Wilhelm Molterer Marcus Heinz
Azerbaijan Heydar Babayev Samir Sharifov
Bangladesh A.B. Mirza Md. Azizul Islam Md. Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan
Belgium Didier Reynders Gino Alzetta
Bhutan Wangdi Norbu Nim Dorji
Brunei Darussalam Pehin Dato Abdul Rahman Ibrahim Dato Ali Apong
Cambodia Keat Chhon Aun Porn Moniroth
Canada David Emerson James A. Haley
China, People's Republic of Xie Xuren Li Yong
Cook Islands Terepai Maoate Sholan Ivaiti
Denmark Susan Ulbæk Martin Bille Hermann
Fiji Islands, The Republic of the Mahendra Pal Chaudhry Savenaca Narube
Finland Marjatta Rasi Pasi Hellman
France Christine Lagarde Xavier Musca
Georgia Nika Gilauri George Arveladze
Germany Karin Kortmann Rolf Wenzel
Hong Kong, China John Tsang Chun-wah Joseph Yam
India P. Chidambaram Ashok Chawla
Indonesia Sri Mulyani Indrawati Paskah Suzetta
Ireland Brian Lenihan, T.D. Carmel Keane
Italy Mario Draghi Carlo Monticelli
Japan Shoichi Nakagawa Masaaki Shirakawa
Kazakhstan Bakhyt Turlyhanovich Sultanov Daulet Sovetovich Saudabayev
Kiribati Natan Teewe Teea Tira
Korea, Republic of Man Soo Kang Seongtae Lee
Kyrgyz Republic Kalimbetova Tajikan Borbugulovna Japarov Akylbek Usenbekovich
Lao People's Democratic Republic Somdy Douangdy Somphao Phaysith
Luxembourg Jean-Louis Schiltz Arsene Jacoby
Malaysia Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak Dato' Dr. Wan Abdul Aziz bin Wan Abdullah
Maldives Mohamed Jaleel Riluwan Shareef
Marshall Islands Jack J. Ading Amon Tibon
Micronesia, Federated States of Finley S. Perman Lorin Robert
Mongolia Bayartsogt Sangajav Alag Batsukh
Myanmar, The Union of Hla Tun Daw Myo Nwe
Nauru, Republic of Kieren Keke Adrian Chippendale
Nepal Babu Ram Bhattarai VACANT
The Netherlands Bert Koenders Ruud Treffers
New Zealand Bill English John Whitehead
Norway Hakon Arald Gulbrandsen Henrik Harboe
Pakistan Naveed Qammar Junaid Iqbal Ch.
Palau Elbuchel Sadang Marino Rechesengel
Papua New Guinea Patrick Pruaitch Simon Tosali
Philippines Margarito B. Teves Amando M. Tetangco, Jr.
Portugal, Republic of Fernando Teixeira dos Santos Carlos Costa Pina
Samoa Nickel Lee-Hang Hinauri Petana
Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam Teo Ming Kian
Solomon Islands Snyder Rini Shadrach Fanega
Spain Pedro Solbes Mira David Vegara Figueras
Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa P. B. Jayasundera
Sweden Joakim Stymne Anders Bengtcén
Switzerland Jorg Al. Reding Edita Vokral
Taipei,China Fai-nan Perng Ming-Chung Tseng
Tajikistan Matlubkhon S. Davlatov Mr. Kh.Kh Tagoimurodov
Thailand Suchart Thada-Thamrongvech Suparut Kawatkul
Timor-Leste, The Democratic Republic of Emilia Pires Joao Mendes Goncalves
Tonga H.E. Feleti Vaka'uta Sevele Aisake Eke
Turkey Mr. İbrahim H. Çanakcı Memduh Aslan Akçay
Turkmenistan Guvanchmurad Geoklenov Muhammetgeldi Atayev
Tuvalu Lotoala Metia Aunese Makoi Simati
United Kingdom Douglas Alexander Michael Foster
United States Henry M. Paulson, Jr. Reuben Jeffery III
Uzbekistan Saidakhmat Rakhimov Ulugbek Rozukulov
Vanuatu Willie Jimmy Tapangararua Simeon Athy
Viet Nam Nguyen Van Giau Nguyen Van Binh