“There has not been a capital I have visited in the last 10 months where the first question has not been: what is the situation in Europe? Are the Europeans sorting it out?”
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Christine Lagarde
Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde is a French politician and lawyer who has been the president of the European Central Bank since 2019. She previously served as the 11th Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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 until 2011. She is the…
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politics · President of the European Central Bank since 2019 · economist · lawyer · diplomat · politician · banker · athlete · also Christine Lagarde, Lagarde
Born 1 January 1956 · Q484605
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It is not going to be a path of roses, it will be complicated, it will be laborious.
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2026· 16 entries
“It is not going to be a path of roses, it will be complicated, it will be laborious.”
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“s important not to have too much testosterone in one room, but in terms of the personal impression she makes, she seems to have achieved the feminist ideal: the men in the boardroom admire her looks chastely. She is une grande femme , a distinguished woman with an air of authority – and nice shoulders. Since Lagarde is a French politician, there is of course an affaire attached to her name – the”
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“not in the negotiation or renegotiation mood at all.”
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Mshale: Teacher Of The Week: Shirley Washington Christine Lagarde (uGBZNw1XB5)
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SWI swissinfo.ch: Lagarde ‘still being pursued’ for WEF top Job
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Межа. Новини України.: Christine Lagarde Could Lead the Davos Forum as Its Board Considers Her Appointment
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fakti.bg: Tusk attacked Morawiecki for Schengen, US hit out at ICC chief, and Lagarde replaces ECB with Davos
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Xpectro FM: Christine Lagarde perfila su llegada a la dirección del Foro Económico Mundial
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UA.NEWS: Christine Lagarde May Head the World Economic Forum — Bloomberg
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Reforma: 'Corteja' WEF a Christine Lagarde para asumir la presidencia
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TradingView: WEF still pursuing ECB chief Lagarde for top job, Bloomberg News reports
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Mshale: THIS DYLAN LARKIN TRADE WILL CHANGE THE NHL... Christine Lagarde (M7NzkPSaUB)
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Cyprus Mail: Europe’s old growth model is ‘eroding’, warns ECB president Lagarde
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streamlinefeed.co.ke: ECB Chief Christine Lagarde Warns Europe Cannot Afford to Miss the Artificial Intelligence Revolution
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Bloomberg: Lagarde Is Still Being Pursued by the WEF for Its Top Job
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2024· 2 entries
“s primary interest rate would be cut to 3.5% because of weak eurozone growth, following of drop of inflation to 2.2%. On 12 September 2024, after the Draghi report on EU competitiveness had been published, Lagarde said that the ECB would not help individual member states implement its recommendations:”
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“implementing the EU’s revised economic governance framework fully and without delay will help governments bring down budget deficits and debt ratios on a sustained basis. This was discussed, and we believe that it’s a very strong endorsement of the principle of discipline, so that all member states that have adhered and agreed to a set of rules under the fiscal governance framework will actually apply those rules and principles.”
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2023· 1 entry
Awarded Honorary doctor of the University of Liège (2023).
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2022· 1 entry
Awarded Time 100 (2022).
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2021· 1 entry
Awarded Commander of the National Order of Merit (2021).
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2019· 2 entries
Career landmark: President of the European Central Bank (2019).
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The IMF granted Argentina a loan of $57 billion - equivalent to 10% of GDP
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2018· 1 entry
Claimed: “"In the United States, if there was equal participation of women in the labor market, GDP would be up by 5 percent."” — rated Half True by PolitiFact.
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2016· 1 entry
The IMF refused to participate with eurozone countries in further emergency financing for Greece, because concrete measures to relieve the country of its debt burden remained absent
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2015· 1 entry
“he was a strong believer in pushing forward women”
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate from the Université de Montréal presented by Université de Montréal (2014).
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2013· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Officer of the National Order of the Ivory Coast (2013).
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The press revealed an undated hand-written letter seized by investigators during a search of Christine Lagarde's Paris home, in which she appears to express her full allegiance to then-President Nicolas Sarkozy: "Use me
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (2012).
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2011· 2 entries
Awarded Global Citizen Awards (2011).
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Career landmark: Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (2011–2019).
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2010· 5 entries
Awarded Order of Friendship (2010).
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“s lending program for distressed European countries was”
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Career landmark: Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (2010–2011).
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Lagarde, then finance minister of France, sent a list of 1,991 names of Greek customers who were potential tax avoiders with bank accounts at HSBC's Geneva branch to the Greek government
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Career landmark: board member (2010).
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2007· 3 entries
Awarded prix de la Carpette anglaise (2007).
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Career landmark: Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (2007–2010).
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Career landmark: Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (2007–2007).
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2004· 1 entry
Lagarde became president of the Global Strategic Committee
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (2000).
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1999· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairperson (1999).
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1995· 1 entry
And was elected the company's first female chairman in October 1999
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1981· 1 entry
Specializing in labour and anti-trust, as well as mergers and acquisitions
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1973· 1 entry
Went on an American Field Service scholarship to the Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Maryland
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1956· 1 entry
Born 1956-01-01.
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