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Christine Lagarde: Crisis Fighter At Home In Halls Of Power

Christine Lagarde: Crisis Fighter At Home In Power

October 28, 2019 11:51 am
After a career breaking glass ceilings to join a tiny global elite, Christine Lagarde will bring the experience of cool-headed crisis fighting to her job as the first female head of the European Central Bank.
The 63-year-old Frenchwoman arrives at the ECB after weathering the financial crisis and its aftershocks at the French finance ministry, in 2007-11, and the International Monetary Fund in 2011-19 — the first woman to hold both jobs.

She faced one catastrophic threat after another, from the financial sector meltdown in 2008 to the Greek and Argentine debt crises.

Formerly a successful corporate lawyer, Lagarde is

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