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A closer look at Christine Lagarde The International Monetary Fund tapped Christine Lagarde to be its first female managing director in June 2011.
June 28, 2012
Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, on a terrace of one of its office buildings in Washington. Lagarde’s Paris home was searched by French investigators on March 20, as part of an inquiry into her role in a $400 million arbitration deal in favor of a tycoon.
Bill O'Leary
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The Washington Post
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Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi receives a Global Citizen Award from Lagarde during the third annual Global Citizen Awards Dinner in New York. Last month, the IMF said it would increasingly assist Burma as the country forges a news economic path for itself.
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Dec. 19, 2011
Lagarde listens to the Africa director of the IMF, Antoinette Saye of Liberia, in Abuja, Nigeria. Lagarde met with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on her first visit to Africa as head of the fund. The trip focused partly on the potential fallout from the European debt crisis.
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Dec. 2, 2011
Lagarde looks at Christmas decorations at the Sao Paulo governor's palace with Governo Geraldo Alckmin. The IMF chief was in Brazil to drum up support for global cooperation.
Paulo Whitaker
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Reuters
Sept. 15, 2011
Lagarde delivers her first policy address in Washington. Lagarde said the ability of the world’s major economies to avoid renewed recession is ”much narrower than before, and getting narrower.”
Bill O’Leary
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The Washington Post
June 27, 2011
Lagarde and French Prime Minister Francois Fillon, foreground, attend a news conference by French President Nicolas Sarkozy on investment for the future at the Elysee Palace in Paris. A day after this photo was taken, Lagarde was officially apponited the IMF’s managing director.
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Oct. 22, 2010
Then-U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner talks with Lagarde, then the French finance minister, during the 2010 G-20 finance ministers meeting in South Korea. Geithner later announced his support for Lagarde as head of the IMF, in a written statement that all but sealed her victory. “Minister Lagarde’s exceptional talent and broad experience will provide invaluable leadership for this indispensable institution at a critical time for the global economy,” he said.
Ahn Young-joon
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June 23, 2011
Lagarde speaks to the media outside the International Monetary Fund building in Washington, where she was interviewing to succeed former IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Strauss-Kahn had been arrested on sexual assault charges in New York.
Jacquelyn Martin
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AP
June 8, 2011
Lagarde, right, speaks with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi after their meeting in Beijing to discuss her candidacy to head the IMF.
Liu Jin
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AP
June 20, 2011
Lagarde with Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan during a meeting of euro-zone finance ministers in Luxembourg. As finance minister, Lagarde played a central role in crafting an initial round of plans to aid Greece.
Virginia Mayo
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AP
Oct. 10, 2008
Central bank governors and the G-7 financial ministers — with Lagarde standing second from left — pose for a group photo at the International Monetary Fund 2008 meeting at the Treasury Department in Washington.
Melina Mara
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The Washington Post
May 2007
French President Nicolas Sarkozy poses with the female members of his newly named government at the Elysee Palace after the first weekly cabinet meeting in Paris. From left, Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie, Higher Education and Research Valerie Pecresse, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Health Youth and Sports Minister Roselyne Bachelot, then-Agriculture Minister Lagarde and Justice Minister Rachida Dati.
Benoit Tessier
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Reuters
November 2010
Lagarde arrives at Paris’s Elysee Palace. Lagarde, considered one of the world’s most powerful women, has held three chairs in the French cabinet, helped run a major global law firm and is a member of the French Legion of Honor. Her tenure as the first female IMF chief is something else she can add to the history books.
Lionel Bonaventure
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AFP/Getty Images
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