Christine Lagarde
| Christine Lagarde | |
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| Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund | |
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Assumed office 5 July 2011 |
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| Deputy | David Lipton |
| Preceded by | Dominique Strauss-Kahn |
| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 19 June 2007 – 29 June 2011 |
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| President | Nicolas Sarkozy |
| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Preceded by | Jean-Louis Borloo |
| Succeeded by | François Baroin |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
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In office 18 May 2007 – 18 June 2007 |
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| President | Nicolas Sarkozy |
| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Preceded by | Dominique Bussereau |
| Succeeded by | Michel Barnier |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | |
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In office 2 June 2005 – 15 May 2007 |
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| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Prime Minister | Dominique de Villepin |
| Preceded by | Christian Jacob |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Christine Madeleine Odette Lallouette 1 January 1956 Paris, France |
| Political party | The Republicans |
| Spouse(s) | Wilfred Lagarde (Divorced); Eachran Gilmour (Divorced) |
| Domestic partner | Xavier Giocanti |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
Paris West University Nanterre La Défense Institute of Political Studies, Aix |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde (French: [kʁistin madlɛn ɔdɛt laɡaʁd]; née Lallouette, IPA: [laluɛt]; born 1 January 1956) is a French lawyer and politician who has been the Managing Director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since 5 July 2011.
Previously, she held various ministerial posts in the French government: she was Minister of Economic Affairs, Finance and Employment, Minister of Agriculture and Fishing and Minister of Trade in the government of Dominique de Villepin. Lagarde was the first woman to become finance minister of a G8 economy and is the first woman to head the IMF.
A noted anti-trust and labour lawyer, Lagarde was the first female chairwoman of the international law firm Baker & McKenzie between 1999 and 2004.
On 16 November 2009, the Financial Times ranked her the best Minister of Finance in the Eurozone.
On 28 June 2011, she was named as the next MD of the IMF for a five-year term, starting on 5 July 2011, replacing Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Her appointment is the 11th consecutive appointment of a European to head the IMF. In 2014, Lagarde was ranked the 5th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine. She was re-elected by consensus for a second five-year term, starting 5 July 2016, being the only candidate nominated for the post of managing director.
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