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Inspirational SpotlightChristine Lagarde
Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde (Born January 1, 1956 in Paris) is a French lawyer and Union for a Popular Movement politician who has been the Managing Director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since July 5, 2011. Previously, she held various ministerial posts in the French government. She was Minister of Economic Affairs, Finance and Employment and before that 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 antitrust and labor lawyer, Lagarde became the first female chairman of the international law firm Baker & McKenzie. On November 16, 2009, the Financial Times ranked her the best Minister of Finance in the Eurozone. On June 28, 2011, she was named as the next MD of the IMF for a five-year term, starting on July 5, 2011. 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. |
