Minister of the Economy, President of the ECB… Christine Lagarde’s exceptional career at the head of global economic institutions

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PORTRAIT - The president will leave the European Central Bank on February 7, 2027, in order to have the freedom to defend France's European values, as the elections approach.

Will she take the microphone again, as she did when she left the IMF in 2019, to sing in front of a stunned audience: “No, nothing, no, I regret nothing…” Seven years later, Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), who will leave office at the beginning of February, is still keen to work, “in one way or another”, to defend the pro-European values ​​of her country.

This Frenchwoman with an exceptional career, who says she is “not ambitious”, has not experienced the slightest downtime in her career. Although she sometimes regrets not having spent enough time with her children, she has held a series of key positions in the world economy, each time becoming the first woman in this position: president of the ECB, director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Minister of the Economy in France and, previously, boss of the American law firm Baker McKenzie.

Christine Lagarde, aged 70, describes herself in her biography…

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