Christine Lagarde

Christine Lagarde
Christine Lagarde
	Lagarde in 2020
President of the European Central Bank
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 November 2019
Vice President	Luis de Guindos
Preceded by	Mario Draghi
Managing Director of the ; International Monetary Fund
	In office; 5 July 2011 – 12 September 2019
Deputy	John Lipsky; David Lipton
Preceded by	Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Succeeded by	Kristalina Georgieva
Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry
	In office; 19 June 2007 – 29 June 2011
Prime Minister	François Fillon
Preceded by	Jean-Louis Borloo
Succeeded by	François Baroin
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
	In office; 18 May 2007 – 18 June 2007
Prime Minister	François Fillon
Preceded by	Dominique Bussereau
Succeeded by	Michel Barnier
Minister of Foreign Trade
	In office; 2 June 2005 – 15 May 2007
Prime Minister	Dominique de Villepin
Preceded by	François Loos
Succeeded by	Hervé Novelli
Personal details
Born	Christine Madeleine Odette Lallouette; 1 January 1956 (age 68); 9th arrondissement of Paris, France
Political party	Union for a Popular Movement; (before 2015); The Republicans; (from 2015)
Other political; affiliations	European People's Party
Spouse(s)	Wilfred Lagarde; Eachran Gilmour
Domestic partner	Xavier Giocanti
Children	2
Education	Paris Nanterre University; Sciences Po Aix
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Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde (née Lallouette) (born 1 January 1956) is a French lawyer and politician. She has been the President of the European Central Bank since 2019. She was the Managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)^[2] from 5 July 2011 until 12 September 2019. She previously served as French Minister of Finance from 19 June 2007 to 29 June 2011 when she was elected IMF managing director. Before that she served as French Minister for Commerce and Industry from 2 July 2005 to 15 May 2007 in the government of Dominique de Villepin.

She has been the head of the European Cental Bank since the beginning of 2019. She is the first woman to hold this position.^[3]

In her youth, she was part of the national team of synchronized swimming. When she was 15 years old, she won a bronze medal, at the French national championships.^[4]