Carly Fiorina, recently forced out of her job as chief executive of the Hewlett-Packard Co. technology company, is in the running to be the next president of the World Bank, a Bush administration official said.
Fiorina's name is the latest to surface as a candidate to replace World Bank president James Wolfensohn.
Wolfensohn is stepping down as head of the development bank on June 1 at the end of his second five-year term.
The US, the bank's largest shareholder, traditionally names its president.
The Bush administration began the search for Wolfensohn's successor in early January and said it would talk to other countries that belong to the 184-nation World Bank.
Rob Nichols, spokesman for the Treasury Department, which is involved in the search, would not discuss candidates for the post on Tuesday.
He said the administration wanted to name a replacement before Wolfensohn's term comes to an end.
Fiorina, during her six years as chief of the computer and printer company, was among the most high-profile chief executive officers in the country.
She sought to reinvigorate the company, but the board felt she did not execute its strategy quickly enough and fired her early last month.
Fiorina's spokeswoman, Kathy Fitzgerald, said Fiorina had no comment.
Other names floated for the World Bank job include current or former government officials and an educator.
The US is the World Bank's largest member nation, and it traditionally has had an American president.
Its sister institution, the International Monetary Fund, has traditionally been headed by a European.
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