A participant stands at the OECD headquarters in Paris during the presentation of the Economic Outlook at the 2013 OECD Week on May 29, 2013.
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Greece’s Anna Diamantopoulou dropped her bid to head the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, leaving just two candidates in the race.

The former European Commissioner withdrew “in an effort to facilitate consensus in the selection process,” Diamantopoulou said in a Twitter post.

Cecilia Malmstrom of Sweden and former Australian Finance Minister Mathias Cormann are left in the running to replace Secretary General Angel Gurria

Cecilia Malmstrom of Sweden and former Australian Finance Minister Mathias Cormann are left in the running to replace Secretary General Angel Gurria.

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The process to find a new chief for the Paris-based organization is scheduled to conclude this month. Whoever is chosen will take office in June.

Established in 1961, the OECD gives policy advice to the world’s richest countries, with key issues currently including how to tax multinational technology giants such as Alphabet Inc and Facebook Inc.

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