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Board of Governors
Updated: 4 February 2010

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.

Rustam Azimov
(Chair)

Patrick Pruaitch, MP
(Vice Chair)

Elena Salgado Méndez
(Vice Chair)

Member Governor Alternate Governor
Afghanistan Omar Zakhilwal Abdul Qadeer Fitrat
Armenia Nerses Yeritsyan Musegh Tumasyan
Australia Wayne Swan, MP Bob McMullan, MP
Austria Josef Pröll Günther Schönleitner
Azerbaijan Samir Sharifov Shahin Mustafayev
Bangladesh Abul Maal A. Muhith Md. Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan
Belgium Didier Reynders Gino Alzetta
Bhutan Wangdi Norbu Nim Dorji
Brunei Darussalam Pehin Dato Abdul Rahman Ibrahim Mohd Roselan Mohd Daud
Cambodia Keat Chhon Aun Porn Moniroth
Canada Lawrence Cannon James A. Haley
China, People's Republic of Xie Xuren Li Yong
Cook Islands Terepai Maoate Sholan Ivaiti
Denmark Susan Ulbćk Martin Bille Hermann
Fiji Islands, The Republic of the Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama Sada Sivan Reddy
Finland Ritva Koukku-Ronde Pasi Hellman
France Christine Lagarde Ramon Fernandez
Georgia Kakha Baindurashvili Zurab Pololikashvili
Germany Gudrun Kopp Rolf Wenzel
Hong Kong, China John Tsang Chun-wah Norman Chan
India Pranab Mukherjee Ashok Chawla
Indonesia Sri Mulyani Indrawati Armida Alisjahbana
Ireland Brian Lenihan, T.D. Carmel Keane
Italy Mario Draghi Carlo Monticelli
Japan Naoto Kan Masaaki Shirakawa
Kazakhstan Bakhyt Turlyhanovich Sultanov Ruslan Erbolatovich Dalenov
Kiribati Natan Teewe Atanteora Beiatau
Korea, Republic of Jeung-Hyun Yoon Seongtae Lee
Kyrgyz Republic Marat Abdyrazakovich Sultanov Kanat Kubatovich Asangulov
Lao People's Democratic Republic Somdy Douangdy Somphao Phaysith
Luxembourg Luc Frieden Arsene Jacoby
Malaysia Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak Tan Sri Dr. Wan Abdul Aziz bin Wan Abdullah
Maldives Ali Hashim Ahmed As-ad
Marshall Islands Jack J. Ading Amon Tibon
Micronesia, Federated States of Finley S. Perman Lorin Robert
Mongolia Bayartsogt Sangajav Purevdorj Lkhasuren
Myanmar, The Union of Hla Tun Daw Myo Nwe
Nauru, Republic of Kieren Keke Tim Drown
Nepal Surendra Pandey Rameshore Prasad Khanal
The Netherlands Bert Koenders Yoka Brandt
New Zealand Bill English John Whitehead
Norway Ingrid Fiskaa Henrik Harboe
Pakistan Shaukat Tarin Sibtain Fazal Halim
Palau Kerai Mariur 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 Tupaimatuna lulai Lavea
Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam Peter Ong Boon Kwee
Solomon Islands Snyder Rini Shadrach Fanega
Spain Elena Salgado Méndez José Manuel Campa Fernández
Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa P.B. Jayasundara
Sweden Joakim Stymne Anders Bengtcén
Switzerland Beatrice Maser Mallor Jurg Benz
Taipei,China Fai-nan Perng Ming-Chung Tseng
Tajikistan Matlubkhon S. Davlatov Mr. Kh.Kh Tagoimurodov
Thailand Korn Chatikavanij Sathit Limpongpan
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 Minute Alapati Taupo
United Kingdom Douglas Alexander Michael Foster
United States Timothy Geithner Reuben Jeffery III
Uzbekistan Rustam Azimov Galina Saidova
Vanuatu Sela Molisa George Singara Maniuri
Viet Nam Nguyen Van Giau Nguyen Van Binh