NEW : Mexico will propose its central bank chief to lead the IMF , state media reports . He proclaimed innocence in a resignation letter to the IMF Executive Board late Wednesday . French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde would be the first woman to run the IMF . The news comes as a surprise because she has been seen by some in France and elsewhere as too liberal for Europe's top economic job. He denied the allegations in his resignation letter to the fund 's executive board .
NEW : Mexico will propose its central bank chief to lead the IMF , state media reports . French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde would be the first woman to run the IMF . The news comes as a surprise because she has been seen by some in France and elsewhere as too liberal for Europe's top economic job. He denied the allegations in his resignation letter to the fund 's executive board .