Jean-Claude Trichet | |
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President of the European Central Bank | |
In office 1 November 2003 – 31 October 2011 |
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Vice President |
Lucas Papademos Vítor Constâncio |
Preceded by | Wim Duisenberg |
Succeeded by | Mario Draghi |
Governor of the Bank of France | |
In office September 1993 – 1 November 2003 |
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Preceded by | Jacques de Larosière |
Succeeded by | Christian Noyer |
Bruegel Chairman | |
In office April 2012 – April 2015 |
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Preceded by | Leszek Balcerowicz |
Personal details | |
Born |
Lyon, France |
20 December 1942
Alma mater |
École nationale supérieure des mines de Nancy University of Paris Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris École nationale d'administration |
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Jean-Claude Trichet (French: [ʒɑ̃ klod tʁiʃɛ]; born 20 December 1942) is a French civil servant, who was the president of the European Central Bank from 2003 to 2011. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements. In 2008, Trichet ranked fifth on Newsweek’s list of the world's most powerful along with economic triumvirs Ben Bernanke (fourth) and Masaaki Shirakawa (sixth).
Born in Lyon, Trichet was educated at the École des Mines de Nancy, from which he graduated in 1964. He later earned a master's degree in economics from the University of Paris and then trained at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (best known as Sciences Po), finishing in 1966, and the École nationale d'administration (ENA) from 1969–1971, two French higher education institutions in the field of political science and state administration.
In 1987 Trichet became a member of Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty. Later, in 1993 he was appointed governor of Banque de France. On 1 November 2003 he replaced Wim Duisenberg as president of the European Central Bank.
On 28 January 2012, the board of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company approved the nomination of JC Trichet to the Board (to be formally validated by the General Assembly of shareholders on 5/31/12), where he will represent (with Dominique d’Hinnin of the Lagardère Group) the Sogeade – the structure bearing the French shareholders' interests.