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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§290i–1 Governor and Alternate Governor

Title 22 › Chapter 7— INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter XXIV— AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK › § 290i–1

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President must appoint a Governor and an Alternate Governor for the Bank. The appointments need Senate approval, or the President can pick someone who already holds a job that required Senate approval. Each serves a five-year term but can be replaced or reappointed at any time and must stay on until a successor is named. They do not get a salary from the United States, only reasonable expenses to attend Board of Governors meetings. The Governor, or the Alternate if the Governor is absent, must cast the United States’ vote for the Bank Director when the President tells them to.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §290i–1

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(a)The President shall appoint a Governor and an Alternate Governor of the Bank—
(1)by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; or
(2)from among individuals serving as officials required by law to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(b)The term of office for the Governor and the Alternate Governor shall be five years, subject at any time to termination of appointment or to reappointment. The Governor and Alternate Governor shall remain in office until a successor has been appointed.
(c)No person shall be entitled to receive any salary or other compensation from the United States for services as a Governor or Alternate Governor, except for reasonable expenses to attend meetings of the Board of Governors.
(d)The Governor, or in the Governor’s absence the Alternate Governor, on the instructions of the President, shall cast the votes of the United States for the Director to represent the United States in the Bank.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2012—Pub. L. 112–166 substituted “The President shall appoint a Governor and an Alternate Governor of the Bank—” and pars. (1) and (2) for “The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a Governor, an Alternate Governor, and a Director of the Bank.” in subsec. (a), redesignated second and third sentences of subsec. (a) as (b), and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively. 1990—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–513 substituted “Governor, an Alternate Governor, and a Director” for “Governor and an Alternate Governor”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2012 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 112–166 effective 60 days after Aug. 10, 2012, and applicable to appointments made on and after that

Effective Date

, including any nomination pending in the Senate on that date, see section 6(a) of Pub. L. 112–166, set out as a note under section 113 of Title 6, Domestic Security.

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions Functions of President under subsec. (c) delegated to Secretary of the Treasury, see Ex. Ord. No. 12403, Feb. 8, 1983, 48 F.R. 6087.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

22 U.S.C. § 290i–1

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60