- Born
- Birth nameChristine Madeleine Odette Lallouette
- Nickname
- Latrine Chisgarde
- Height5′ 10¾″ (1.80 m)
- Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde is a French politician and lawyer who has been serving as President of the European Central Bank since 2019. She previously served as Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund from 2011 to 2019. Lagarde had also served in the Government of France, most prominently as Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry from 2007 to 2011. She was the first woman to hold each of those posts. Born and raised in Paris, Lagarde graduated from law school at Paris Nanterre University and obtained a Master's degree from Sciences Po Aix. After being admitted to the Paris Bar, she joined the multinational law firm Baker & McKenzie as an associate in 1981, specialising in labour, anti-trust, as well as mergers and acquisitions. Rising through the ranks, she was a member of the executive committee of the firm from 1995 until 1999, before being elevated as its Chair between 1999 and 2004; she was the first woman in both positions. She held the top post until she decided to go into public service.
- IMDb mini biography by: DJL
- SpouseWilfrid Francis Lagarde(June 17, 1982 - May 19, 1992) (divorced, 2 children)
- deeply bronzed tan
- French minister of Economic Affairs, Industry and Employment 19 June 2007-July 2011.
- French politician.
- Managing director, International Monetary Fund (2011-2019).
- Président of the European Central Bank (2019-).
- I think more of the little kids in a little village in Niger who get teaching two hours a day, sharing one chair for the three of them, and who are keen to get an education. I have them in mind all the time. Because I think they need even more help than the people in Athens.
- I'm very much a believer that it's action that matters much more so than the flurry of political promises and statements and slogans that are used during political campaigns.
- The financial industry is a service industry. It should serve others before it serves itself.
- [on Mario Draghi, Europe's central banker] His down-to-earth approach and keen sense of humor conceal a formidable will and the courage to take on skeptics for the good of the currency - and the continent. He is among the most astute of technocrats.
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