Obama to formally announce Treasury pick on Monday

　　U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will formally announce Timothy Geithner as his choice for treasury secretary on Monday, Obama's aides said Saturday.

　　He will also name former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers as director of the White House National Economic Council, U.S. media quoted the aides as saying.

　　Obama is scheduled to hold a press conference in Chicago on Monday morning to make the announcement. Both Geithner and Summerswill be present.

　　Geithner, 47, is currently president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

　　Born in New York, he attended Dartmouth College and Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.

　　He has studied Japanese and Chinese and has lived in Zimbabwe, India, Thailand, Japan and China.

　　After completing his studies, Geithner worked for Kissinger and Associates in Washington and then joined the Treasury Department in 1988.

　　He was Undersecretary of the Treasury for International Affairsfrom 1998 to 2001.

　　In October 2003, he was named president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

　　Geithner has rich experience both in Washington and on Wall Street. He was also closely involved in the U.S. government's response to the financial turmoil.

　　The news of Geithner's possible nomination as the new treasury secretary was well received by investors, who hope he will restoremarket confidence.

　　Summers, 53, was treasury secretary under former president Bill Clinton.

　　美国当选总统奥巴马的过渡团队２２日对媒体透露，奥巴马将在２４日正式提名现任美国联邦储备委员会成员、纽约联邦储备银行行长蒂莫西·盖特纳为新政府财政部长。

　　此外，奥巴马还将提名曾在美国前总统克林顿政府中任财长的劳伦斯·萨默斯为白宫国家经济委员会主任。据悉，奥巴马２４日上午将在芝加哥召开新闻发布会宣布这两项提名。届时，盖特纳和萨默斯均将出席。

　　盖特纳现年４７岁，先后就读于美国达特茅斯学院和约翰斯·霍普金斯大学，并学习过中文和日语，早年曾在中国、日本、泰国、印度和津巴布韦生活过。他１９８８年进入美国财政部工作。从１９９５年到２００１年，历任财政部助理部长帮办、助理部长高级帮办、助理部长和负责国际事务的副部长。此后，盖特纳曾在美国外交学会和国际货币基金组织任职。

　　从２００３年起，他担任美国纽约联邦储备银行行长，参与了美国许多重要金融问题的决策，并与美国现任财长保尔森密切合作，在今年美国政府应对金融危机的过程中发挥了重要作用。

　　盖特纳有可能出任美国新政府财长的消息日前披露后，受到投资者普遍欢迎。盖特纳曾表示，美国市场体制存在弱点，需要尽快予以补救。今年７月他在国会作证时说，美国金融监管的权力分散于数个机构，需要加以整合，他主张美联储在这方面发挥领导作用。

　　萨默斯现年５３岁，１９９９年７月至２００１年１月任克林顿政府财政部长，后在２００１年至２００６年任美国哈佛大学校长。