Christine Lagarde must guide ECB through uncharted and troubled waters - The Irish Times

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When Christine Lagarde takes over as president of the European Central Bank for an eight-year term on Friday, she will become the first woman to hold this position since the ECB was founded in 1998.

This is not Lagarde’s only first. She was also the first female minister for finance in a G7 country when she was appointed to that role in France in 2005. She was also the first woman managing director of the International Monetary Fund and the the first female chair of international law firm Baker & McKenzie.

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Christine Lagarde must guide ECB through uncharted and troubled waters – The Irish Times

Period1 Nov 2019

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  • TitleChristine Lagarde must guide ECB through uncharted and troubled waters
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletThe Irish Times
    Media typePrint
    Country/TerritoryIreland
    Date1/11/19
    DescriptionWhen Christine Lagarde takes over as president of the European Central Bank for an eight-year term on Friday, she will become the first woman to hold this position since the ECB was founded in 1998.

    This is not Lagarde’s only first. She was also the first female minister for finance in a G7 country when she was appointed to that role in France in 2005. She was also the first woman managing director of the International Monetary Fund and the the first female chair of international law firm Baker & McKenzie.

    Radical changes are unlikely.
    PersonsMarie Finnegan
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  • ECB
  • European Central Bank