Christine Lagarde

Christine Lagarde
11th Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 2011
Deputy	John Lipsky David Lipton
Preceded by	Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Minister of Finance
In office 19 June 2007 – 29 June 2011
Prime Minister	François Fillon
Preceded by	Jean-Louis Borloo
Succeeded by	François Baroin
Minister of Agriculture
In office 18 May 2007 – 18 June 2007
Prime Minister	François Fillon
Preceded by	Dominique Bussereau
Succeeded by	Michel Barnier
Minister of Commerce and Industry
In office 2 June 2005 – 15 May 2007
Prime Minister	Dominique de Villepin
Preceded by	Christian Jacob
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	1 January 1956 (1956-01-01) Paris, France
Political party	Union for a Popular Movement
Alma mater	Paris West University Nanterre La Défense Institute of Political Studies, Aix-en-Provence
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde (née Lalouette) (born 1 January 1956) is a French economist, lawyer and politician who has been the Managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since 5 July 2011. 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.