Bank of the BRICS Group New Development Bank (NBR) will be headed by former Brazilian President Dilma Rusef. Her candidate was agreed by all members of the group. This was announced by the Globo news portal with reference to sources.
According to G1, officially on the appointment of Dilma Rusef for the post of head of the bank will be announced in February.
The NBR was created in 2014 by members of the BRICS. The bank finances infrastructure projects and sustainable development projects in the Union and other developing countries. Now he is headed by the Brazilian economist Marcos Troio. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that in August 2023, the BRICS countries are going to discuss the creation of a single currency.