FACTBOX - Possible successors to Strauss-Kahn as IMF head


REUTERS - Dominique Strauss-Kahn has resigned as head of the International Monetary Fund, the IMF said in a statement, after his arrest at the weekend on charges he sexually assaulted a maid in a Manhattan hotel.

Below is a list of potential candidates to succeed the Frenchman at the Washington-based institution. The post has traditionally gone to a European, but with developing countries playing a greater role in the world economy, there is rising pressure to throw open the process to all member states.

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