François Villeroy de Galhau
| François Villeroy de Galhau | |
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| Governor of the Banque de France | |
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Assumed office 1 November 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Christian Noyer |
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| Born |
24 February 1959 Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | École Polytechnique, ÉNA |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
François Villeroy de Galhau (born 24 February 1959) is a French central banker, Governor of the Bank of France since 1 November 2015.
Born in Strasbourg, he descends from the family Villeroy de Galhau (co-owner of the ceramic manufacturer Villeroy & Boch, domiciled since about 200 years in Wallerfangen (Saarland)); his German is perfect. After earning his French baccalaureate degree at the Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, and his engineering degree at the École Polytechnique, he studied at the ENA (École nationale d'administration) .
He started his career at the Inspection générale des finances.
From 1990 to 1993, he was European politics adviser of the Finance Minister of France and then of the Prime Minister of France Pierre Bérégovoy; he got several departments at the Direction du Trésor in Bercy and then in Brussels, as conseiller financier in the Permanent Mission of France.
Under the Government of Lionel Jospin (1997 - 2002), he was (1997-1999) directeur de cabinet of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, 1999 bis [2000 of Christian Sautter (Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry) and from February 2000 to 26 August 2003 director general of the (directeur général des impôts).
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