Washington, DC — Gita Gopinath, the esteemed First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will step down from her position at the end of August 2025, marking the end of a historic chapter in global economic leadership. The IMF announced on Monday that Gopinath will rejoin Harvard University’s Economics Department as the Gregory and Ania Coffey Professor of Economics, a newly established chair honoring her academic and policy excellence. An Indian-born U.S. citizen, Gopinath made history in 2019 by becoming the IMF’s first female Chief Economist. She rose…
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